Actor and singer João Guilherme, 20, in his interview with the PodDelas podcast addressed the controversy created by him posting a photo with his stepdad Danilo Tuffi last Father’s Day rather than honoring country singer Leonardo , his biological father.
“Every Father’s Day I find myself on a rush of ‘I have a stepdad, a grandfather and a father.’ My stepfather is also my father. Family is a concept, you can choose yours carefully. [Danilo] He’s a guy I have a direct photo of because he lives with me, he’s at my house every day. I’ll be with him soon,” the boy began.
“I don’t have a photo with my father. Then I’d have to have a picture taken of my iPhone 4, back in 2013, just to upload a text that’s literally for you [seguidor]. Because it’s not for my father. My dad doesn’t surf Instagram, he has admins on his Instagram. I hate that forced ‘It’s Father’s Day, I have to write my dad a statement or I don’t love him’.”
“I called my dad on Father’s Day, he didn’t answer because he’s doing a show. My father works, I work a lot, so I don’t see my father often because we have to balance two agendas. I sent him a message next. I confess he didn’t answer. But I don’t care because my love for my father doesn’t change with a message or a post,” concluded João Guilherme.
Although he hasn’t had as much contact with Leonardo as he would like, he admitted that he would love to spend the endofyear celebrations with his paternal family, who live in Goiânia. “I lived with my mother’s family and grew up there. I started dating my father when I was about 7 years old. I never spent Christmas outside my mother’s house, she always insisted I I think she’s absolutely right…”
“But I’m crazy about spending Christmas with my dad because the kids [familiares] walk [em peso]. My brother Mateus said he had never seen Virginia [Fonseca, cunhada] drunk like Christmas,” confided João.