When a reporter asked Camila Mayán about Telefe’s Muchachas on Monday, she answered with a pause and blunt discomfort: “No sé que te puedo decir al respecto de eso, la verdad que nunca tengo la respuesta correcta. Siento por qué estoy hablando de esto y dando la cara yo cuando nombraste a cuatro personas y ninguna era yo.”
Mayán’s refusal to take that line of questioning full‑on came the same week it emerged that one of the women filmed for Muchachas, Ailén Cova, had asked Telefe to remove her testimony before the documentary ever aired.
Telefe launched Muchachas to show another side of the women linked to Argentina’s 2022 World Cup–winning players, and the channel called the partners to tell their stories as protagonists. Cova gave testimony in 2024, then — before broadcast — formally requested that her scenes be cut from the edition.
That decision stands out because, as entertainment journalist Ángel de Brito wrote on X, Cova “no quiso participar de la prensa, a pesar de los 10 mil dólares que ofrecían las plataformas a las mujeres de los jugadores.” The figure de Brito named — 10,000 dollars — has circulated as the payment offers platforms reportedly were putting on the table for partners to promote and speak about the series.
The withdrawal has been tied in public discussion to the criticism Cova has faced since Alexis Mac Allister ended his relationship with Camila Mayán, drawing the partners into a wider, heated conversation about fame and accountability. Mayán told the reporter that she had not spoken about the documentary and that she felt sidelined before the World Cup: “Yo nunca hable nada, se ve que antes del Mundial no era tan relevante.”
Mayán also said the whole situation felt awkward: “Para el resto es incómodo y para mí también.” She framed her stance around a private ethical test — asking herself whether she had done anything wrong or was harming someone — and said that if the answer is no, she sees no reason to stop doing something: “Lo que yo te puedo decir es que cuándo yo me replanteó si hacer algo o no me hago la pregunta de ¿Yo hice algo malo? No ¿Le estoy haciendo algo malo a alguien? No. Entonces no tengo por qué dejar de hacerlo.”
The friction is simple and concrete: Cova participated in filming in 2024 and then withdrew her contribution before viewers ever saw it. Why she did so — beyond the public links to criticism around the breakup involving Mac Allister and Mayán — has not been disclosed, leaving a visible void where the documentary will now be judged not only for what it shows but for who is missing.
The single question that now matters most is straightforward: why did Cova ask to be removed after taking part? Muchachas will reach audiences without her voice, and that absence will likely be read as forcefully as any on‑camera account — but it will not explain itself. Viewers will have to judge the documentary and the omissions together, while Cova, Mayán and Mac Allister remain the names at the center of what the program leaves out.
