BBB 22: Sisters of Tiago Abravanel say that reality brought the family closer

Ligia and Vivian Abravanel, sisters of Tiago Abravanel, said that because of Big Brother Brasil 22 the family is more united and they have talked to their aunts practically every day in the WhatsApp group. “We’re even going to meet this weekend,” added Lígia alongside her sister when answering a question from a follower on Instagram about the subject.

In the early hours of Tuesday (1st), the actor and singer surprised the public by stating that he is not close to his grandfather Silvio Santos or his aunts, daughters of the businessman.

When answering another question from a follower if they don’t get along with the rest of the family, Ligia denied it. “We get along very well with everyone in the family. What Tiago said that you didn’t understand is that we’re not as close as everyone imagines. When we meet, it’s always very nice,” he said.

Also asked about the matter, Tiago’s mother stated that there is “a big difference between not getting along and not being close”. “I think you didn’t understand very well,” said Cintia, who is the eldest daughter of Silvio Santos, the fruit of the presenter’s first marriage to Maria Aparecida Vieira Abravanel, who died when she was 14 years old.

In another publication by her daughter Vivian, Cintia responded to a question from an internet user who asked why Tiago uses his grandfather’s surname, since he is not close to him. Cintia wrote that after her mother’s death she went to live with her grandmother and was always closer to her maternal family. “That doesn’t mean we didn’t have a good relationship with my father, with Iris and with my sisters.”

She added that she and the five sisters love being together, but that’s not always possible because each one has a different life and they all work hard. “As well as my children who are now adults and have already formed their families”, he said.

“That’s all. Simple as that. I appreciate the opportunity and I hope I have answered your curiosity and your pre-judgments”, he concluded.

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In conversation with Rodrigo and Laís on Tuesday (1st), Tiago Abravanel said that he feels distant from his maternal grandfather, owner of SBT, and that this part of the family is very disunited. The actor stated that his mother still suffers from the estrangement from his father and sisters.

Tiago, in turn, said that it took him 33 years to overcome the issue. “I can’t beg to be loved if I haven’t built a love, a relationship. I can only change if there’s a relationship, and if there isn’t, there’s no way to change it,” he said.

“Sometimes I wish I had the intimacy to call him [Silvio Santos] and say: ‘Grandpa, can I go there and give you a hug?’ But that doesn’t exist and I felt this pain for a long time until I understood that it was okay.”

Tiago Abravanel remembered a moment that always marked him, when he, his mother and his two sisters, Ligia and Vivian Abravanel, saw through social networks that they had not been invited to spend Christmas night at the SBT owner’s house.

“When that happened I turned a page in my life. I thought why was I judging this family’s beautiful Christmas when I was never part of it?”, he said. However, the artist stated that his mother still “suffers a lot” with the distance with the other family nucleus.

Cintia Abravanel is the result of the marriage of Silvio Santos with Maria Aparecida Vieira Abravanel. The communicator was married to his first wife from 1962 to 1977, when she died. Together they also had Silvia, 50.

Silvio Santos’ second marriage to Íris Abravanel began a few years after Maria Aparecida’s death, in 1981. Together until today, the two have four daughters, respectively; Daniela, 45, Rebeca, 41, Patrícia, 44, and Renata, 37. In all, Silvio is the father of six women.