Moderator Dudu Camargo no longer works at SBT, EXTRA confirmed this information with the broadcaster’s message. The journalist’s name soon became one of the most discussed and requested topics on social networks, mainly for the reason that would have motivated his resignation after seven years of employment: according to TV Pop, an eschatological episode on the station’s premises. SBT has not confirmed the information.
“Journalist Felipe Malta is still on ‘Primeiro Impacto’,” the broadcaster said of the show, which the journalist hosted.
The resignation comes after a series of controversies surrounding the Dudu Camargo name. Cash:
Sexual harassment conviction
Singer Simony won a sexual harassment lawsuit against Dudu Camargo in May this year. According to the decision of the São Paulo Court, to which Extra had access, the journalist must pay the singer BRL 30,000. The case happened in February 2020, during the RedeTV carnival broadcast. As the artist reported in the process, Dudu “commended the plaintiff’s clothing and began to make more physical contact”. He still steered the conversation to a sexual side, attempting to kiss her and fondling her “from pelvis to chest.”
embarrassment
Presenter Leonora Áquilla experienced an embarrassing situation while taking part in the program “Domingo legal” with Dudu Camargo. On that occasion in 2019, the journalist said to her: “I wanted to know if you have a tail or not.” He then added: “If she has chicks at home, she raises chickens.”
After the episode, she posted a discouragingtoned video on her YouTube channel asking Dudu Camargo to withdraw due to the embarrassment. “I would have known then very well what answer he deserved to such a question. But I took into account that I wasn’t at my home, I was at another station, more importantly, in the homes of millions of people.” “Brazilian,” said Leonora, who is trans and is now a community diversity coordinator. “Isn’t a question like that ever funny anymore, it’s 11 am now, Dudu Camargo? Either you are very young and still have a lot to learn, or you really are a mean guy and I would like you to say yes and explain where this “innocence” of asking me such a question comes from.”
Quote to Maisa
When reporting on a femicide in January this year, the presenter mentioned Maisa Silva, an attitude that drew much criticism from netizens and viewers. He compared the reason for the act with the memory that the actress was “out” in an embarrassing situation in 2017. “Imagine if I killed Maisa? I didn’t kill Maisa. The person is not reciprocated… Ok, life that follows! You don’t have to kill like this one,” he said at the time.
Speak on the podcast
During his participation in the Tagarelando podcast, the journalist opened up about his relationship with the channel where he worked until then. When he answered if he would give up work on the SBT show to take part in a reality show, he replied that they would already give him up. When asked if he was talking specifically about the station, he replied, “Oh, they never wanted to, did they?”