Rafa Kalimann opens the game and talks about the controversy of religious intolerance at Carnival

Last Wednesday, 5, the influencer and former BBB, Rafa Kalimann31, spoke about the controversy that was involved earlier this year.

In an interview for Wow magazine podcast, Rafa He addressed the accusations that he would have been prejudiced with the African matrix religions during rehearsals by Empress Leopoldinense, a samba school in which he would parade as a muse at Carnival 2025.

“I have recently been through a very painful episode, because it went at exactly one point that, for me, is unquestionable. I went through the sake of religious intolerance, people lied and put this question in my life as a fake news,” said the former BBB.

The situation took place during the school’s technical rehearsal, earlier this year. “We spend 40, 50 minutes singing. Tired! It’s a long time, and we need breath,” he said. “In these moments, it is normal to stop singing some excerpts of samba-plot, because it is a rehearsal. We take a picture, smile to people, send kiss and then back to samba and sing.”

Remember the controversy

In a video recorded and released on social networks, netizens pointed out that RafaHe would have stopped singing parts of the Queen of Ramos’s samba-plot, who approached Orixá Exu.

In addition, a journalist would have mistakenly interpreted one of these recorded moments and released the information. “She took 15 seconds when I was taking a picture with some people and published that I didn’t sing samba because of my religion, since the plot brought elements of a different belief from mine,” he said Rafa. “This was very serious in the press. He raised deep debates and made me very upset,” he added.