AB Quintanilla Tears Into Crowd in Expletive-laden Rant

Musician AB Quintanilla called out audience members at a festival in San Antonio for their lack of energy and enthusiasm on April 27.

Quintanilla, who is the older brother of music legend Selena, ranted at the audience on the last night of Tejano Explosion, part of the city’s Fiesta Week events.

“It’s like someone put a gun to your head and forced you to be here tonight. And that feels horrible as a musician to work so [expletive] hard over all these years to bring you hits and you guys come here and you can’t even [expletive] raise your hand to [expletive] clap or be happy, man,” Quintanilla said.

“Just like you support the Dallas Cowboys, who lose every [expletive] year, you should support your bands, and Tejano music, OK? Y’all can boo me all y’all want. I don’t care, that doesn’t affect me! Boo all y’all want. Boo yourselves for not participating in the show.”

According to news reports, Quintanilla posted and then deleted an apology video, in which he said his behavior was influenced by medications and a recent health scare, and that he suffered from bipolar disorder and several other disorders. Credit: Maria Perez via Storyful

Video transcript

To be here.Like somebody put a gun here in and force you to be here tonight.You know what I'm saying?And that feels forward as a musician to work so hard over all these years to bring your kids and you guys come here and you can't even raise your hands to clap or be happy, man.You know, and that, that feels sad for us and for me, I'll take my music somewhere else.Not here.It's like this is the last time I'm never here.So you guys enjoy the rest of the show.You know what I'm saying?I'm just being truthful with you and honest with you.I traveled all the way from Las Vegas received love all the way from over there.I come to my home town in Texas now.That's not cool.That's not cool.That's not acceptable.You guys should be just like you see where the Dallas Cowboys you lose here.You should support your band, the auto music.OK?Boo boo.All you want.I don't care.That is, do all you want boo yours yourself for not participating in the show?I'm trying to show y'all love through music, man.Come on, man.Just show a little bit of love that.I just like this.You got sitting here like, I don't know my body or nothing, you know what, whatever you wanna do, that's all, it's all good, I'll do, man.It's all good.It's all good.I'll be the, anyway, the sex song hit off of her first album.Maybe it'll get you a little bit excited.And so the song that.