Val Marchiori on the controversy with Bia Doria: "I've been hungry! I know exactly what that's like!"
Socialite Val Marchiori said that some newspapers and journalists lacked seriousness in their coverage of her interview with Bia Doria. She stated that she cares about homeless people and that she has experienced hunger herself.
247 - Socialite Val Marchiori stated that some newspapers and journalists lacked "seriousness" in their coverage of her live stream with the First Lady of São Paulo, Bia Doria. In the live stream, Bia Doria said that "one shouldn't give food to homeless people because they need to get off the streets."
A report from the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper. highlights the socialite's written statements to journalist Mônica Bergamo:
"I felt there was a lack of seriousness on the part of some newspapers and journalists. They claimed that I went to the streets to collect donations after the interview with Bia, but this happened a month earlier. They took an isolated and incomplete phrase to create controversy and a story for the press, ignoring the entire context. Before the articles, no newspaper contacted me for clarification. They simply launched the controversy."
I've always helped but never publicized it. During this pandemic, I decided to post about the donations I made and continue to make, with the intention of encouraging others to help as well. On June 11th, when I went to the streets to contribute, I talked about it on Instagram, but the press didn't report it.”