The first lady of Brazil turned heads when she dropped an f-bomb directed at Tesla CEO Elon Musk throughout an official occasion over the weekend.
On the time, Brazil’s first woman, Janja Lula da Silva, was talking about misinformation on social media throughout a pre-G20 social occasion on Saturday. The G20 summit started on Monday in Rio de Janeiro.
Lula, who’s married to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, stopped mid-speech when she heard a ship’s horn blaring within the distance.
“I feel it is Elon Musk,” the primary woman joked in Portuguese. “I am not afraid of you, by the best way.”
Janja Lula da Silva informed an specific joke about Elon Musk over the weekend forward of the G20 summit. (Getty Photos)
“F–ok you, Elon Musk,” Lula added in English, prompting cheers from the viewers.
The clip, which was posted on X, drew the eye of Musk, who responded with laughing emojis.
“They may lose the following election,” the entrepreneur wrote.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his spouse, Emine Erdoğan, are welcomed by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his spouse, Janja Lulu da Silva, as they pose for a photograph through the G20 Leaders Summit in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 17, 2024. (Turkish Presidency/Handout/Anadolu through Getty Photos)
Brazil banned X in September, prompting outrage the world over. Brazilian Supreme Court docket’s Justice Alexandre de Moraes imposed the ban, citing misinformation on X, which the choose felt was not adequately moderated on the platform.
The nation lifted the ban a month later, and de Moraes wrote that the choice “was conditioned, solely, on [X’s] full compliance with Brazilian legal guidelines and absolute observance of the Judiciary’s choices, out of respect for nationwide sovereignty.”
“X is proud to return to Brazil,” X stated in an announcement on the time. “Giving tens of thousands and thousands of Brazilians entry to our indispensable platform was paramount all through this complete course of. We’ll proceed to defend freedom of speech, inside the boundaries of the legislation, in all places we function.”
Janja Lula da Silva speaks to supporters throughout a gathering with artists, politicians and different personalities one week earlier than the presidential elections at Auditório Celso Furtado on Sept. 26, 2022, in São Paulo, Brazil. (Alexandre Schneider/Getty Photos)
The Brazilian first woman’s joke occurred two days earlier than the G20 summit formally started. President Biden was current on the summit, although he didn’t seem through the annual family photo with fellow world leaders and missed the photo-op “for logistical causes,” the White Home stated.
Reuters and the Related Press contributed to this report.
