Portuguese comedian Hugo Soares lost his Instagram account after several complaints from Brazilian families over a video of a bar performance in Porto in which he joked about a doll with Down syndrome.
“I was joking, but people understood that it was a comment,” the artist, who complains about censorship and harm related to the loss of 18,000 followers on this social network, which was his main tool of contact with the public, told Lusa agency.
The show took place on April 28 in a bar in Porto, and two days later Hugo Soares posted a video of part of the show on social media, including when he refers to the new Barbie doll with Down syndrome, which he himself spoke about. was it really an original idea, since “the Chinese are already selling defective dolls.”
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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