Actress Thalma Freitas, moderator of election propaganda for former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), is undeterred by attempts to insult her with rightwing profiles.
She attributes the strategy to the lack of arguments to deconstruct its main message. “They’d rather make an idiot joke than address a much more important issue, which is hunger. They’d rather evade responsibility,” she says, who has lived in Los Angeles (USA) for ten years.
This Tuesday (27) an image circulated on social networks showing a photo of Thalma on the show and an older one where she looks thinner.
Next to it was the following sentence: “The presenter of Lula’s show says that hunger has increased in Brazil…”. Above the first photograph, an indication that it was taken during the Lula administration; the second in the government of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
“They attack the presenter because they have nothing to say about the presentation. I’m a woman, I’m 48 years old, I’ve gained weight. So what? Is that all you have to say? I laugh,” he provokes.
According to her, even the type of attack, based on appearance, is backward and childish. “I’m not fragile, my selfesteem is not fragile. I have a mirror at home, I know I’m beautiful. More than that, my beauty comes from my charisma, the virtues I have, the quality of the person who I am am. who gets emotional, who has courage, who isn’t afraid to speak hard truths on TV for the whole country.”
Thalma was attacked after one of Lula’s campaign’s heaviest videos went viral. In it, the actress claims Bolsonaro is “cruel” and has set up “a structure of evil” in his government.
The play highlights some of the most critical moments of the current government. For example, former Environment Minister Ricardo Salles appears to be speaking at a meeting of “passing on the herd” when it comes to environmental legislation, and former Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello, declaring at the height of the pandemic: “Send who can, obey.” who has sense”.
Statements by former education minister Abraham Weintraub about government corruption and Bolsonaro’s guarantees that pooping every other day is enough to solve the environmental problem can also be seen.
“They don’t care about us. These people have no love for Brazilians,” Thalma believes. She was also the presenter of “super live”, an event organized by the PT campaign with artists in São Paulo.
The actress and singer has lived in the United States since she started dating her Irish husband. The two have a daughter who was born there.
Before leaving, he acted in films such as “As Filhas do Vento” and “O Xangô de Baker Street” and acted in soap operas on TV Globo. She was already recognized abroad in 2019 for her album Suerte! Nominated for a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album!
She says she has been called a hypocrite in recent days for defending a new Lula government without even living in Brazil. In her opinion, responsibility for what is happening in the country also lies with residents abroad. “Will I live abroad and leave Brazil? No. Brazil is not bound by its borders.”
Thalma defends the need for artists to express themselves politically. “Our political function is very humanistic, it’s about affection, feelings, sentiments,” he believes. And he says he’s heard colleagues fear losing their jobs if they vote.
The actress hopes that the election will end in the first round. “We must get rid of a very great evil that has taken over the structure of our country. What happened is very seriously the message we wanted to convey,” he concludes.
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