Fernanda Torres, a winner of the Golden Globe Prize and Oscar, apologized on Sunday due to a rebound from the recovery of a black face.
Torres mentioned the comedy sketch video clip about 17 years ago, among which she played multiple characters, one of which had a black face.
“Almost 20 years ago, I appeared on a black face comedy contest on a Brazilian television program,” said Torres. statement Until the deadline. “I’m very sorry this time. I issued such a statement because it is important to promptly deal with this problem to avoid any more pain and confusion.”
“At that time, despite the efforts of black movements and black groups, the recognition of racism and the symbolic of black face was not yet included in Brazil’s mainstream national consciousness.”
The actress has just won the Golden Globe Award for I’m Still Hear.
Top Shot – In the Press Room of the 82nd Golden Globe Awards ceremony held at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, Brazilian actress who won the Movie Drama Category Women’s Actor Award in “I’m Still Hear” Fernanda Torres, January 5, 2025. (Photo: Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo: Robyn Beck / AFP, Getty Images)
Torres has continued to explain the situation and how things have evolved since appearing on the Black Face many years ago.
“It’s very obvious that Black Face is now unacceptable, thanks to improving cultural understanding and incomplete results in this century, but in our country and anywhere.
The controversial video of the Oscar candidate Fernanda Torres reappears
Black face. A typical Brazilian. pic.twitter.com/muekc2vlyi– Jam (@rareGrove) January 26, 2025
She continued, “This is an important conversation we need to keep talking to each other to prevent racial acts from becoming normal at the time.”
She swore to pay more attention to her actions in the future.
“I will continue to pay attention and work on the pursuit of changes necessary to live in a world without inequality or racism, as an artist, as an earth citizen, and as an open heart,” she will work on. I talked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_g74hjml3m
The clip in question was created by Globo for the Golden Time weekly program “Fantastico”. (Related: 2025 Golden Globe Awards the Wild and Strange M moment)
This program is a 3 -hour program that has been broadcast every Sunday over the past 50 years. The sketch in the question is “Heterosexual: Family (Father’s Mother)”.
