Elizangela refuses to take a vaccine against Covid-19 and loses role in ‘Travessia’

Cast in the cast of “Travessia”, Globo’s next 9 pm soap opera, Elizangela, 67, lost her role in Gloria Perez’s plot. The actress did not present her vaccination card with proof of the four doses of the vaccine against Covid-19 within the deadline set by Globo. [início de junho] and ended up being cut from production. The F5 found that the actress Luci Pereira ended up being called for the character that would be Elizangela.

The actress supports President Jair Bolsonaro and, in December 2020, compared mandatory immunization to rape, which drew criticism from netizens. She posted an image of a syringe, with the caption: “Forcible penetration without consent… It’s rape.” Elizangela ended the text with the motto “My body, my rules”, subverting it. The social network blocked the image from the publication.

A month later, the actress was hospitalized in serious condition at the Guapimirim hospital, in Baixada Fluminense, with sequelae of Covid-19. At the time, the actress’ manager, Lauro Santana, confirmed that she was radically against the vaccine and had refused to receive any dose of the immunizer.

“No [tomei], I can’t and I don’t want to, it’s not a vaccine, it’s an experiment. It is already more than declared, by the vaccine creator himself, that it is really an experiment. I’m not a guinea pig. I’m in favor of vaccines, I’ve always taken them, but at this moment, no,” said Elizângela as she left the hospital, in a live with actor and journalist Thony Di Carlo.

Since last year, Globo has required its employees to present proof of vaccination and anyone who refuses to comply with the norm can be fired or cut from productions, like Elizangela. wanted by F5, she said, through her publicist, that she has no interest in giving an interview at this time. Globo was also contacted, but did not respond until the publication of this report.