Thais Carla rebuts fatphobic attack by deputy Nikolas Ferreira: ‘Chupetinha’

Anitta’s former dancer and digital influencer, Thais Carla countered the fatphobic attack she received from federal deputy Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG), after publishing an essay she made inspired by Globeleza on the web.

The controversial supporter of the Bolsonaro government used Twitter to make a comment in bad taste about the dancer’s body. “They took away the beauty and only the globe was left,” Nikolas wrote on Twitter.

Thais then replied. “You’re with the lawyer, right, Chupetinha?”, She countered, using the name Nikolas is called by haters on the web.

Soon after, Nikolas made another two posts mocking the situation. One, he edits a photo in which he appears fat and posts: “Okay, now I have a place to speak.”

Then he made a very ironic video about it. “I came here to apologize. What was I thinking calling a fat woman fat? A congressman cannot give an opinion… I should have treated obesity there as a novel, as empowerment and not as a disease. So, I think beautiful, I think it’s wonderful… I want to apologize, because everything is beautiful… and life is freedom of expression”, he said, in a mocking tone.