Roberta Medina, vice-president of Rock in Rio Lisboa, was the guest on the most recent episode of the BLITZ podcast ‘Posto Emissor’. In addition to talking about the festival’s news for next year, the businesswoman also spoke about the ‘controversy’ that marked the last edition of the event in Portugal, in 2024.
Sónia Tavares was expelled from the VIP tent – where she was working as a commentator – for eating a croquette and drinking an imperial and made a point of expressing her indignation on social media, realizing that she will never be present at the festival again.
“That’s why, Rock in Rio, I’ll never set foot there again and I wanted to expose this so you can see how rotten it is… Honestly, I’m speechless because what they did to me was rotten, as the young people say, there was no need for those people who were all there looking at me, some filming. In the middle of my work, it’s practically 12 o’clock, I shared a croquette there that I didn’t even know couldn’t be eaten and I drank an imperialinha… Chuta Sónia Tavares, go with the pigs now, you had no business going to eat the croquette”he said, at the time ().
In conversation with Lia Pereira, Roberta Medina was incredulous at the fact that the “error” had become “such an unpleasant thing”, realizing that when she found out about the case, it was already “on social media”.
Given the businesswoman’s statements, Sónia Tavares decided to speak out. Through her Instagram account, the Portuguese singer shared an excerpt of Roberta Medina’s words in the interview and dotted the i’s.
“Here we go again [Aqui vamos nós de novo]: It’s unpleasant how cold it is outside, what happened wasn’t unpleasant, it was violence and humiliation. Once again and very briefly: the orders were from above, to expel me from the festival without even knowing why. Nobody warned me about anything, nobody told me what was or wasn’t allowed. I’m a professional, I don’t fail when I’m working, it was you and your team who failed. They could even have taken me by storm, as happened, but don’t put my professionalism into question.”started by writing.
The lead singer of the band ‘The Gift’ then finished with some ‘messages’ to the vice-president of Rock in Rio: “I would like to close this matter and be superior to all of this, but anyone who doesn’t feel that way is not the son of good people and it seems that they don’t want to let me do it either. If you haven’t been informed, dear Roberta, I suggest that you buy some cheap walkie-talkies, which are sold in any Chinese store, for when the catering squad has to act. I also suggest that you buy a manual of manners for your platoon and that you read it too, in Pontius Pilate mode. Maybe it was really unpleasant I’d like to be that person who proudly doesn’t need you for anything. I’d like to hand you the prize for the biggest can, when I have time, and remind you of everything I told you at the time, in case you forgot.he concluded.
