--- title: Donald Trump: Julio Iglesias Won’t Perform In His Casinos description: Latin music star Julio Iglesias is fed-up with Donald Trump, and says he will no longer perform at Trump’s casinos. canonical: https://time.com/4066162/julio-iglesias-donald-trump/ author: Victor Luckerson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-08T14:58:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:38:02.661Z article:section: Business og:title: Julio Iglesias Says He’ll Never Play a Trump Casino Again og:description: Music star calls Trump a ‘clown.’ og:url: https://time.com/4066162/julio-iglesias-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte99e219b53d45a80/6988676f5f570f5dbeb1dc32/gettyimages-130933429-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Julio Iglesias Performs in Cape Town og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Julio Iglesias Says He’ll Never Play a Trump Casino Again twitter:description: Music star calls Trump a ‘clown.’ twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte99e219b53d45a80/6988676f5f570f5dbeb1dc32/gettyimages-130933429-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Julio Iglesias Says He’ll Never Play a Trump Casino Again by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Oct 8, 2015 2:58 PM CUT  Singer Julio Iglesias. Singer Julio Iglesias.Michelly Rall—WireImage by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Oct 8, 2015 2:58 PM CUT Latin music star Julio Iglesias is fed-up with Donald Trump. The best-selling artist and father to Enrique Iglesias [told](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/julio-iglesias-not-perform-trump-casinos-article-1.2388534 "undefined") the Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia that he will no longer perform at Trump’s casinos. “He seems to be an asshole,” Iglesias reportedly told the newspaper. He also called Trump a “clown,” then apologized to clowns. Iglesias explained his perspective further in a later interview with the [_the New York Times_](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/07/julio-iglesias-says-hell-never-again-perform-in-donald-trumps-venues/?smid=tw-nytimesarts&smtyp=cur&%5Fr=0 "undefined")_:_ “I’ve met Trump three or four times because I’ve played his places,” he said. “I think his brain and his heart are not connected right now. It’s not correct, his position.” Iglesias’ comments come after a series of incendiary comments Trump has made about immigrants, including calling undocumented Mexican immigrants “rapists.” The Spanish-language network Univision also cut ties with Trump over his comments. If these threats to his business empire have Trump worried, he’s not letting on. In a statement responding to Iglesias’ decision, Trump said: “Good, I don’t like his voice or his performances anymore, anyhow!” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4066162/julio-iglesias-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4066162/julio-iglesias-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Julio Iglesias Says He’ll Never Play a Trump Casino Again","datePublished":"2015-10-08T14:58:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:38:02.661Z","description":"Music star calls Trump a ‘clown’","url":"https://time.com/4066162/julio-iglesias-donald-trump/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Music","Immigration","Immigrants","casinos","pubdesk","trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte99e219b53d45a80/6988676f5f570f5dbeb1dc32/gettyimages-130933429-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte99e219b53d45a80/6988676f5f570f5dbeb1dc32/gettyimages-130933429-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Julio Iglesias Performs in Cape Town","caption":"Julio Iglesias Performs in Cape Town","creditText":"Michelly Rall—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4066162/julio-iglesias-donald-trump/","name":"Julio Iglesias Says He’ll Never Play a Trump Casino Again"}}]}] ```