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(Jewish Group) Jewish 'Big Brother Brasil' host hit with antisemitic abuse...
Jewish ‘Big Brother Brasil’ host hit with antisemitic abuse after defending the reality showThe former host of “Big Brother Brasil” has been hit with a wave of antisemitism after getting into an online argument about the reality show with a popular soap opera actor.
After the actor Icaro Silva criticized the show, calling it “mediocre entertainment,” Tiago Leifert, who is Jewish and hosted the show from 2017 to earlier this year, clapped back. He said that Silva, who is Black, was being hypocritical because he has worked with the network that airs “Big Brother Brasil.”
“Not only did we not harm you in any way, we probably paid your salary,” wrote Leifert, whose father Gilberto is a senior executive at Globo, the media giant that in 2002 launched “Big Brother Brasil.”
In response, Leifert was hit with several antisemitic tweets.
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