The line comes from María de Todos los Ángeles, a Mexican comedy television series built around the character María. Short spoken moments from the show circulate widely as WhatsApp audios and reaction clips in Spanish-speaking communities, where viewers reuse familiar lines to comment on relationships, jealousy and breakups. This phrase survived because its advice is simple, quotable and easy to recognise, so it still appears in memes, chat replies and short videos long after its original broadcast.