Narrator changes version and apologizes to Erika Hilton after prejudiced comment

TV Bandeirantes narrator Sérgio Maurício, who had previously declared not to be responsible for a prejudiced comment against federal deputy Erika Hilton, assumed the authorship of a social network publication and apologized to the parliamentarian.

On February 23, the @sergiomedoficial profile commented on a publication on the social network X (former Twitter), calling Erika, which is trans, “a human fake news” and “thing”, reiterating offenses from another user.

Sérgio Maurício, who alleged the newspaper S.Paulo Folha That the account on the social network was not yours, it was removed last Wednesday by the Bandeirantes Group of Formula 1 broadcasts in the Band and Bandsports channels for transphobia.

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This Saturday, to the column of Matheus Leitão in the magazine Lookthe narrator sent a note stating: “I deeply regret the wrong words I used by referring to Mrs Erika Hilton, a parliamentary for whom I have the highest respect. I apologize to her, her voters, and whom she has been offended most. ”

As determined by EstadãoAlthough keeping Mauritius on the staff without using it represents a considerable expense for the Band, due to the high salary paid to him, judicial issues make the possibility of dismissing him to be studied with caution.

Historical and future

Sergio Maurício has a history of controversial statements. In 2022, in leaked audio during a Formula 1 GP transmission, it was possible to hear him by saying, after seeing a Botafogo flag in the middle of the crowd: “See if there is Flamenguista there. It’s all hard, slum. ”

In the rest of the preseason, which runs until Friday, the Bandeirantes group has already chosen to scale Ivan Bruno and Napoleon Almeida in the F-1 broadcasts, but there is still a definition for when the calendar officially begins on March 14 at the Australia GP.

The Band has in its team Galvão Bueno-the most iconic voice of the sport in Brazil-and Téo José. However, it is not known if both would be considered to assume the voice of F-1 in the case of a potential shutdown of Sergio Maurício. The extensive category calendar (24 races), with an unpleasant time zone in the stages in Asia and Oceania, could be a factor that did not attract Galvão, which will have a program on Monday nights at the Band at this time.