The digital influencer published a video on his social networks on Thursday (3) saying he is a presidential candidate in the 2026 elections. In the same recording, he announced the release of a social network called Nova Fala.
“I announce my pre-candidacy for the presidency of the Republic. And this is not a gesture of vanity, because I built a financial legacy and communication that already feeds my stomach and ego for the rest of my life,” he says.
In the comments, part of your followers treat the statement as a joke.
“I want to be president because I, although I am a man outside politics, I have by my side the greatest weapon of our time: the use of networks […] There is no escape, so why not use the dependence of the networks in favor of the people? “He continues.
Felipe Neto then says he will launch the social network as “a kind of laboratory where each citizen, while interacting with the contents, voluntarily skews information so that we can know the real preferences and needs of the Brazilian people.”
He then compares the new network to a ministry – “I will still define which, perhaps the truth” – and adds that “at the very least it would help to understand the most opinion of every moment of history” and “at best would create a form of neutral government without any ideology.”
Youtuber and entrepreneur has a history of twisting in politics. In 2017, he even said that he would not vote for Lula in “any hypothesis against any candidate.” Subsequently, a government critic Jair Bolsonaro, approached the petista in the 2022 campaign, became one of his best -known defenders on the networks and even found today’s president.
About two months ago, Felipe Neto said he had no pretense of becoming political or pursuing a career in this area.
At the time, by resuming your channel and announcing new content on Youtube, problems and controversy and therefore remaining far from the subject to focus on yourself and your projects, because you felt that your life had changed course.
In this Thursday’s video, Felipe Neto has changed this speech and stated that he avoided political positions in recent months because he “needed to have a look out” and because he base his opinions “in the domain of information and his huge yearning to be a guardian of truth.”
Sought, his press office did not give more information and said only that soon news will be released. Next to the post, the influencer wrote: “Tomorrow, at noon, it all starts. A new way for you to get more of true knowledge …”
About two weeks ago, the singer also made an announcement on social networks saying that the presidency of the Republic and any other political office in the next elections, stating that he would be entirely dedicated to his musical career.
The artist ventilated the possibility in, and parties soon ran to. The countryman approached the governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado (União Brasil), and even celebrated that he pointed to him as a candidate with the slightest disadvantage before (), but made giving up.
The possibility of Gusttavo Lima competing further embarrassed the in 2026, which has a variety of possible names, but no consensual, especially due to the ineligibility of the former president by 2030.
