Aventura Tweet-Off Over Romeo's VMA Appearance

By Michael Lopez

Aventura fans had to break out their reading glasses when clicking on the group’s official website today. In a nine paragraph rant, lead singer Romeo voiced his frustration at the public, the media, and even fellow member Max “Mikey” Santos for criticizing his solo appearance at Sunday’s VMAs.

Many seem divided in their opinion as to whether Romeo should have been presenting without Aventura. Seen by over 11 million music fans, the VMAs could have been a great chance for the band to present a unified image. But Romeo claims he was asked to appear solo and would never turn down such an opportunity.

"IT WAS VERY SIMPLE. [MTV ASKED] WOULD ROMEO LIKE TO PRESENT AN VMA AWARD? AND I SAID HELL YEAH! IF ANYONE SAYS THEY WOULD'VE TURNED IT DOWN FOR WHATEVER REASON, IN MY OPINION THEY WOULD EITHER BE HYPOCRITES OR HAD NEVER BEEN IN A POSITION TO KNOW THE FEELING."

It doesn't quite appear like his bandmates felt the same way. Max has been sending controversial Tweets all week about Romeo’s solo appearance on the show. In regards to the VMAs, his posts said…

“Im also very happy for #Romeo cause i would never wish him bad..But tham we build this together.and its still @aventuras time.”

“We all deserve to be up there. 15 years of blood sweat and tears and we dont get the invite to our first VMA.tham..#shady”

Using the #shady hashtag is never a good sign and obviously something that affected Romeo personally. In his own message, Romeo said,

“YOU'RE HEARING MIKEY'S POINT OF VIEW FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE - MEANING THIS IS THE WAY HE LOOKS AT THINGS. THIS IS THE WAY HE FEELS, AND AGAIN - HE MAY NOT BE WRONG ABOUT CERTAIN ISSUES. BUT UNFORTUNATELY AND UNFAIRLY, TO MOST ROMEO IS ALWAYS “THE PROBLEM” AND THE CAUSE OF A POSSIBLE GROUP BREAK UP.”

Romeo went on to claim that he holds no bad feeling towards his “brothers” and is upset that all of the internal drama is becoming so public.

Now at the peak of their success, it seems like the group’s busying themselves with lots of solo projects and separate appearances. But according to Romeo, that doesn’t necessarily mean the end of Aventura. Perhaps this snippet from his statement best sums up the situation.

“WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS AND WE ALL LOVE EACH OTHER DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES. WE'VE ARGUED, WE'VE FOUGHT AND WE'VE STILL BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER GOOD MUSIC TO YOU GUYS. SO LET BROTHERS BE BROTHERS.”

Do you think Aventura is on the verge of breaking up? Sound off in the comments section below or @MTV3!

Tags Aventura, Dirty Chisme, Música, Romeo, Tr3s Latino Of The Year, VMAs