Xuxa, one of the most anticipated guests today the closing day of the São Paulo Book Biennial caused a stir in the main arena of the Expo Center Norte. In an hourlong conversation with the audience that filled the room, Rainha dos Baixinhos spoke about books, family and her upcoming projects.
Accompanied by her daughter Sasha, her soninlaw João Figueiredo and her boyfriend Junno, Xuxa needed an escort of 30 security guards to reach the meeting point with the fans. A number that impressed even the firefighters responsible for space security.
During the audience discussion, the presenter always had her dog Doralice on her lap. The little animal came in a special backpack that Xuxa carried himself. Veganism and animal love dominated the first part of the conversation, when the presenter presented her new book “Mimi: The cow that didn’t want to be food” (Editora Globinho).
The audience was dominated by “shorts” in their 30s and 40s, although there were also some children present. Some of the fans had been waiting since 10 a.m., when the gates opened, for the blonde, who occupied the demarcated area of the square.
In contrast to other days, the cultural arena was completely surrounded by firefighters and private security forces. Service providers advised the public to only sit in the demarcated area. Anyone who didn’t follow the rules was kicked out.
The public filled the event with the presence of Xuxa
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Even the press had trouble accessing the site. the report of syringes arrived 30 minutes in advance but only managed to enter the room after 30 minutes of chatting with Xuxa and after a few fans left the place. The rule was clear: who leaves, never comes in.
Although the sound did not reach the area, thousands of people gathered to take a picture of the artist, albeit from a distance, and joined the chorus of “Xuxa eu te amo”, one of the cries that the Queen of the shortest heard during his career.
Harassment even in the gringa
About the harassment, Xuxa said she was also suffering abroad. “Not just here in Brazil, it’s happening in a few other places too. I like it, I don’t say no.
Otherwise she would even be surprised. “If it doesn’t happen [o assédio], then I will not like it. It has to have a balance. I’ve been doing a job for so long that people say I like it, then I go out on the street and no one wants to take a picture with me? Like this? I’m getting sick.”
The Queen of Shorties, for example, recounted a riot she caused at a store abroad. “Fame comes at a price. It’s little things. It’s not that I can’t do it, I do. But there is a problem. I’m invited to leave the place,” she said.
“I went to an Apple store outside and there were Brazilians and Argentines. The Apple guy said ‘this way, this way’ and took me upstairs. I got to know the whole store inside, it was nice. They were afraid these people would jump on me and steal or break something.”
In one of the most emotional moments of the conversation, Xuxa said she cried riding in the stroller with Sasha when her daughter was a baby, on the street, something unimaginable in Brazil.
Sasha accompanied Mother’s Day at the Biennale
Image: Rubens Cavallari/Folhapress