Remember celebrities and personalities who supported attempted coup d’état

In times of polarization, there have been many artists who, since the beginning of Jair Bolsonaro’s government in 2019, have demonstrated against or in favor of the former president. It’s part of it. But more than demonstrating, some of them supported the anti-democratic acts that spread throughout the country after Lula’s victory.

Last week, Bolsonaro and 36 other people were indicted by the Federal Police after the end of investigations into an attempt to prevent the inauguration of current president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, democratically elected in 2022. The indictment names them as suspects in the crimes of violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, coup d’état and criminal organization.

Among celebrities, some names did not show support for the former president only through social media. Actors Cássia Kis and Victor Fasano, for example, took to the streets and participated in coup acts because they did not accept the results of the polls.

In November 2022, Cássia encouraged those who occupied the streets to fight “against the side there” and stated that Bolsonaro gave Brazil “the truth”. “I wanted to see [a verdade]a lot of people wanted to see it and a lot of people didn’t even want to take a peek to see if I was alienated”, he said at the time.

Fasano joined the anti-democratic crusade by participating in a coup vigil in front of the Eastern Military Command, in Rio de Janeiro.

Convicted of rape and serving a sentence in Tremembé, in the interior of São Paulo, former player Robinho attended one of the demonstrations in São Vicente in disguise. He was wearing a cap, mask, wrapped up and with a thick wedding ring on his left hand.

Despite not being seen on the streets to protest Bolsonaro’s defeat, actress Regina Duarte, a fervent supporter of the former president, said she was moved by the acts that took place across the country.

“These meetings like today, peaceful, filled with the holy peace of God, filled with that exchange of smiles of tribal recognition… they are always a celebration. I get emotional,” she wrote on Instagram at the time.

YouTuber Monark, who was involved in scandals for speeches apologizing for Nazism, said he sympathized with the people who were on the streets.

“This state of ours is a nefarious and authoritarian dictatorship, they only rob the people. Something must be done, but our political class has proven itself to be cowardly and conniving, so it is normal for the people to feel hopeless and rebel.”