Mario Lopez is facing a wave of backlash after posting a bizarre AI-generated video of his 19-year-old niece eating hot dogs at a Los Angeles Dodgers game.
The 52-year-old Saved by the Bell star apparently meant the clip as a harmless family joke, but many viewers said the computer-generated footage crossed an uncomfortable line.
Lopez quickly deleted the video after critics flooded social media with angry and disgusted reactions.
Lopez attended Sunday’s Dodgers game with his niece Kalia, who also goes by the nickname YaYa.
The television host shared several photos and videos from their outing, including an innocent-looking clip of the pair smiling together inside the stadium.
But the footage suddenly changed when AI effects showed Kalia stuffing two obviously fake hot dogs into her mouth.
Uhhhh, what a creepy video for Mario Lopez to create using AI and then post…
Especially since the subject is his niece! pic.twitter.com/3hgKxYnUdz
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 3, 2026
“I can’t take her anywhere!” Lopez joked in the video.
The altered footage then showed Kalia spraying mustard and relish from her mouth as Lopez shouted, “Oh my God, look at you!”
“Oh, it’s so good!” Kalia responded before the AI effect covered her face with mustard, creating what looked like a condiment beard.
While Lopez appeared to view the video as a goofy joke, many people online saw nothing funny about it.
Critics accused the actor of posting an inappropriate and suggestive video involving his own niece.
“I don’t know where this falls between zero and 10 on the incest scale, but it’s not zero,” one person wrote.
“That’s some weird s— to do with AI,” another added.
One user accused Lopez of “casually sexualizing” his niece, while another dramatically declared that authorities should get involved.
The flood of criticism apparently became too much, and Lopez removed the clip from his social media account.
The AI video uproar is not the first time Lopez has found himself at the center of a public firestorm.
In 2019, the former Access Hollywood host came under intense criticism after making comments about transgender children during an appearance on The Candace Owens Show.
Lopez said he believed parents should be cautious about making major decisions involving children who express questions about their gender at a very young age.
“Look, I’m never one to tell anyone how to parent their kids, obviously, and I think if you come from a place of love, you really can’t go wrong,” the father of three said at the time.
“But at the same time, my God, if you’re 3 years old and you’re saying you’re feeling a certain way or you think you’re a boy or a girl or whatever the case may
