SBT maintains the Christmas special with Zezé Di Camargo after the controversy

Singer had publicly requested that the program not be broadcast; the broadcaster declares that the exhibition is maintained

The Christmas special with Zeze Di Camargo will be maintained by SBT after the controversy with the singer. The information was confirmed by the broadcaster’s advisor to the Stadium in the afternoon of Monday 15th.

The attraction Christmas is love with Zezé Di Camargo will be displayed on Wednesday 17, at 11 p.m.

In the early hours of this Monday, Zezé published a video on Instagram in which he requests the cancellation of the SBT special broadcast because he does not agree with the presence of the president. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) during the inauguration of SBT News, last Friday the 12th.

In response to the video, SBT published an open letter signed by the channel’s president, Daniela Abravanel Beyruti. Without mentioning the name of the singer, the channel affirms that the launch of SBT News is part of a reliable, plural and non-partisan journalistic project.

SBT speaks out after Zezé Di Camargo asks to cancel Christmas special taped on station

Photo: Disclosure/SBT/@zezedicamargo via Instagram / Estadão

Controversy over Zezé Di Camargo

In the video published on social networks, the singer expresses his discomfort with the current position of the channel, especially after the presence of President Lula (PT) at the inauguration of SBT News.

The Christmas special with Zezé has already been recorded and featured other artists. The country singer nevertheless said he preferred that the network reconsider the exposure. “If you could do me a favor: take off my special. I don’t want to be a part of it,” he said.

Zezé said SBT’s recent position does not reflect his personal beliefs. According to him, the channel has started to adopt a line with which he does not agree. “I saw what happened on SBT in the last few days. I swear to God that is not part of my thinking,” he said.

Without directly naming names, Zezé criticized the daughters of Silvio Santos, founder of the channel, saying that recent decisions would contradict the values defended by the businessman. “A son who does not honor his father and mother, for me, does not exist,” he said.

The country singer also said he was worried he would disappoint some of his audience if the special aired. “Your way of thinking does not correspond to a large part of the Brazilian people and I do not want to disappoint those who think differently,” he said.

He strengthens his argument by asserting that, given the change in position, the project no longer makes sense. “As long as people think differently from what their father thought, from what a large part of Brazil thinks and from what I think, for me it doesn’t make sense to broadcast this special,” he said.

Despite the criticism, Zezé said he retained affection for the broadcaster. At the end of the video, however, he said: “I think you (SBT) are prostitutes. So I’m not part of it.”

Open letter from SBT

Also published this Monday 15, the open letter signed by the president of the channel, Daniela Abravanel Beyrutiaffirms that the launch of SBT News is part of a reliable, plural and non-partisan journalism project.

Without mentioning the name of Zezé Di Camargo, the text responds to the criticisms made by the singer. He declared that the channel’s recent decisions would be in contradiction with the values defended by Silvio Santos. “Our journalism follows a charter with the principles of my father and my founders,” the statement said.

According to the president, the creation of the new news channel is a response to the “lack of dialogue” in the country and is based on the principles of impartiality and impartiality. Daniela also highlighted that SBT was recognized in recent Reuters Institute surveys as a vehicle with a high level of trust and credibility, which she said supported the decision to invest in a project aimed at investigating the facts.

Daniela also said that the inauguration of SBT News, carried out last Friday 12, sought to reflect the Brazilian institutional plurality, with representatives of the executive, judicial and legislative powers. According to the press release, the proposal is to offer journalism “without parties, without sides”, which does not use algorithms, does not encourage polarization and does not use artificial intelligence to distort information.

Finally, the president of the channel regretted the erroneous interpretations concerning the project and invited the public to follow the programming to form their own opinion. “We love our country, we support it, we love our people, we work for them.”