12/10/2023 9:00 am, updated 12/10/2023 9:03 am
Recently, Xuxa Meneghel explained that she was nervous about her ex Paquitas' revelations about the treatment they received from Marlene Mattos behind the scenes of her show. The presenter spoke about the issue after praising Globo's initiative to produce a documentary on girls' development in 2024.
It turns out that such revelations were made by some Paquitas a long time ago. Everything was written in the book “Sonhos de Paquitas Nos gerardos do is a rare object.
Xuxa may even tell her fans that she knew nothing about the abuse the Paquitas suffered, but that wasn't what they revealed to the author at the time. The column “Fábia Oliveira” had access to some pages of the work and will reveal to you some details of what some of the girls said.
In a chapter titled “Professional Relationships,” one of the Paquitas recounted the lack of opportunities they had since Marlene Mattos vetoed everything that came up. “We are not free to show anything. We are a group and everything that comes our way is rejected by Marlene. Not just for her, there are many people around her who don't want us to grow up and who won't let things get to them,” an excerpt reads.
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She then completed it and made it clear that Xuxa agreed with some things that were going on behind the scenes.
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“In the beginning we were children. We were there to fool around. So that Xuxa laughed all the time at everything that was happening around her. So that she would be happy. Then we grew up and they started to realize that we weren't so “cute” anymore. We suddenly became women. There! We no longer serve as “court jesters.” Nowadays we don't have much to offer, we've matured, we've gone through the re, re, re phase… We don't get as close to Xuxa as naturally as before. She always says: My house is always open. But it's not the same as it was in the beginning. There is always someone at the top who takes care of us and takes away our freedom. We can no longer stay at Xuxa's at eight o'clock to talk. And worst of all, to our disappointment, Xuxa doesn’t respond but agrees.”
An episode was later reported in which they would travel to Paraguay. Xuxa and Ana Paula have already worn makeup and others have also been accused of it. “Roberta and Bianca were sitting together next to Marlene when she suddenly turned to the girls and said, 'It looks like you've been working all night.' Go put some makeup on!' A week later they met again at Xuxa Produções, this time in the presence of Xuxa, who spoke to everyone and explained that she would no longer advocate for anyone because she was disappointed.”
In another chapter, the Paquitas said that the treatments were not always like this. However, they said they were being treated like “dogs” at that moment. In a dialogue they even reveal that Marlene didn't even pay them for the commercials they did.
They also said they are collecting memories of humiliation from Marlene Mattos, her sister Angela Mattos and Xuxa herself.
“At the time of the first album, she treated us like queens. Now like dogs. She doesn't even pay us for the advertising we do. We received practically nothing from the advertising for the World Cup in Arisco.
Anything?
Anything! They answered together.
Oh, how disgusting! She said she would pay us an additional contract for anything over and above the normal, including regarding Arisco. said Bianca.
According to Marlene, our contract with Arisco stipulated that we would wear the brand everywhere on our bodies. Just that? Juliana clarified.
AND! But Xuxa earned a small fortune for the “extra service”.
It's a load of nonsense! What's worse is that we are now renewing our plans and have only received commitments from Marlene for the end of the year. Do we get anything? “We have a bag full of memos about insults received and memories of humiliation from Marlene, from Angel (Angela Matos) and even from Xuxa herself,” the conversation says.
On another page, the Paquitas stated that there were days when they spent the entire day recording alongside Xuxa without ever speaking to her.
“There are days when we arrive at the recording, don't talk to Xuxa, record next to her the whole time, leave at the end and don't even talk to her. We didn’t actually say anything,” he said. “We learned that from them. Why? A person passes in front of you, doesn't say good morning, doesn't say anything, doesn't even look at you, but Marlene always asked us: “You have to be polite, you have to have respect for people.” “You have to have this, you have to have that”. However, she doesn't behave like that towards us. He doesn't even respect our family. It's terrible that you have to say good morning and know that you won't get an answer. Even more so when you come from people you previously admired and believed in.”