(SOUNDBITE OF TIKTOK) MARIO LOPEZ: All right ... I was born in Chula Vista, a border town, around all Latinos. But, you know, people can think, like, what they want. What does bother me is ...

Mario Lopez, 50, made headlines this week for speaking ... “I was born in Chula Vista, border town right there in Tijuana. My parents are from Culiacán, Sinaloa,” he said.

I was a border town kid in Chula Vista. I used to see Tijuana from my yard, and I loved it. I wouldn't change a thing. It's like I had a foot in both worlds," says Lopez. Mario Lopez and Broxel ...