We all owe Mexican actress Itatí Cantoral so much.

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Without her, Soraya Montenegro wouldn’t exist. And without Soraya Montenegro, this iconic scene from María la del Barrio wouldn’t exist.

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And neither would some of your favorite memes:

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Unfortunately for Ms. Cantoral, she’s become a lightning rod for gossip and criticism. Earlier this month, Mexicans buzzed about Cantoral possibly being drunk on the TV talk show Hoy.

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It’s not the first time Cantoral has allegedly been drunk on TV.

Cantoral made a Paula Abdul-esque appearance on the show, where, at times, it wasn’t totally clear if she had one too many or just hated the guts of everyone on the show.

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It was probably both. Cantoral went off the cuff for most of the interview, which included hard-hitting questions such as, “How much like Soraya Montenegro are you in bed?”

You can watch the cringe-inducing interview here:

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Days later, Cantoral began trending for a different reason. According to TV Notas, Cantoral took a group of orphans – some of them blind – to experience the play Annie. 

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The play is called Anita la Huerfanita in Mexico.

And apparently, lots of people thought it was dumb to take orphans to see a play about an orphan. So the memes began:

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Followed by joke after joke:

Itatí Cantoral regala cuentas premium de Spotify a niños sordos.

— BEATRIX KIDDO (@Lula_MKS) January 26, 2016

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Itatí Cantoral just gave cel phones to boys without arms………. But SHE said they were hands free phones. NINEL CONDE recommended AT&T

— roy cordova (@royc1111) January 26, 2016

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Cantoral said the trip to the theater was set up by her newly-created foundation that seeks to help orphaned children. TV news anchor Joaquín López-Dóriga said people should help the orphans instead of making jokes about the situation.

TVNotas se burló de estas niñas. Mejor hay que ayudarlas. Les digo cómo https://t.co/2Y5svaaEwy

— Joaquín López-Dóriga (@lopezdoriga) January 27, 2016

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Basically, Cantoral and López-Dóriga had this message for everyone:

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