Bruna Griphao’s father shares warning about abusive relationship and supports daughter: ‘I love you’

Bruna Griphao’s father has used his Instagram profile to support his daughter on “BBB 23” and, with that, ends up contributing to the dissemination of warnings about what characterizes an abusive relationship. Viewers identified Gabriel’s abuse in the way he treats his playmate. The two kissed for the first time in the early hours of Thursday, the 19th, during the first party of this edition.

“I LOVE YOU!! My Russian girl, I’m very proud of you!!! I’m with you wherever you go!!!”, posted Paulo Griphao.

Earlier on Sunday, Bruna’s father also repudiated Gabriel’s actions.

“This show is about who you really are! Right about that. ABUSIVE FDP!!!” he wrote.

Then, he reposted the publication pointing out Gabriel’s mistakes in the relationship with Bruna, originally made on the actress’s profile on social networks by her communication team this Sunday (see the full text below).

During the show’s broadcast at night on TV Globo, presenter Tadeu Schmidt gave “a hint” to the participants about how Gabriel’s behavior in the relationship is perceived by outsiders.

Important message from Tadeu #BBB23 #RedeBBB pic.twitter.com/RBX8VUwwZd

— Big Brother Brazil (@bbb) January 23, 2023

Inside the house, Tadeu’s speech mobilized people to show their support for Bruna.

The sense of sorority 🤍

We would love to welcome her at this moment and I’m glad that by her side so many strong women do this for us!

Also, thanks Bruno for the empathy too.pic.twitter.com/7whUxuLNND

— Bruna Griphao 🦏 (@BrunaGriphaoo) January 23, 2023

Read the post about abusive relationships posted by Bruna’s team below:

Bruna and Gabriel: about a new structure of abuse

When we talk about an abusive relationship, an imagery automatically comes to mind: a fragile, dependent and silent woman and a powerful, strong, virile and violent man. This stigma is extremely harmful, because it means that many women who are not “fragile” or dependent do not see themselves as living in an abusive relationship, because they do not have a relationship with a man who says “my wife doesn’t do that”. This is the case we are seeing at the BBB.

Bruna is far from being the beautiful, demure and homely type. She appears to be a free, strong, fearless woman who says what she wants.

And Gabriel, in turn, is far from performing the typical macho. He doesn’t speak loudly, has a sweet voice, speaks calmly and slowly and doesn’t raise his voice.

What’s the big trap then? Although Bruna doesn’t lie to Gabriel — she curses, responds sharply, and walks away; he makes her submit to him. And that’s exactly the trap that many powerful and empowered women live in: it’s because they react to the abuse they experience that they think they’re not being abused. However, if you have to fight your partner all the time, you are not living a relationship, but a battle.

Without realizing it, Bruna was sucked in by Gabriel. She is a leader who is more concerned with protecting a man who has her as a priority neither in the game nor in life; she is a woman who is not realizing how the game of passion makes her vulnerable. Gabriel, quickly raised to heartthrob even without the slightest charisma, with his delusional self-esteem, does not understand that he needs Bruna more than she needs him. He deliriously relies on Anitta’s support and identification with Prior; which makes him assume a bankrupt position of winner only in his poor projections.

From the height of a conviction that only masculinity confers, Gabriel is bothered by Bruna’s expansive manner, but does not break up with her. Contradictory? Do not. Control strategy. Weak men parasitize strong women. That’s why Gabriel thinks that Anitta’s name can give him permanence in the game; just as he thinks Bruna can benefit him.

But, so that it doesn’t seem like he needs her, he needs to diminish her, embarrass her, restrict her, to use a word from Bruna herself. And so, suddenly, Bruna herself is led to think that she is the one who needs him, when in fact it is the opposite. That’s the pitfall of free riding: beware of men who make you emotionally work for them.

What we see on the BBB happens every day with us, with our friends, with the women we meet. Amazing women being erased by average men. Bruna is being warned by everyone of the toxicity and danger of her relationship with Gabriel, and although she knows it, she can’t leave because she feels responsible for him. Not only is she losing her strength and light in the game; but also powerful alliances and also friendships. And isn’t that how we look when we live in an abusive relationship? completely isolated?

The BBB is a reflection of real life and we need to understand that the dynamics of abuse changes and modernizes. Just because he doesn’t yell at you doesn’t mean he isn’t abusive. It’s not because you react in the same tone that he stops being abusive. If it limits you, if it restricts you, if it mistreats you, if it pulls you by the shoulders, if it embarrasses you, if it isolates you: it is not love, it is abuse.