2023-11-22 18:09:00
The family of student Ana Clara Benevides, who died last Friday (17th) at Taylor Swift’s first concert in Brazil, denied the information provided by the American press that the interpreter’s team, under her command, had contacted the family.
“As far as I know, no. That is false,” said Gabriela Benevides in a conversation with Sheet. Gabriela is the cousin of the university student and was in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend to help Ana Clara’s father with the delivery of the body.
According to information from American media such as Us Weekly and Page Six, Taylor would have asked her team to contact Ana Benevides’ family, which reportedly happened on Tuesday, according to reports. Swift would be “deeply devastated” since the loss of Ana and would be having difficulty addressing the matter. Her current boyfriend, American football player Travis Kelce, would be supporting her.
Ana Benevides was buried on Tuesday (21) at the Parques dos Ipês Municipal Cemetery, in Pedro Gomes, Mato Grosso do Sul. The ceremony began at 9 a.m. and was restricted to family and friends only.
In the absence of support from the singer’s team and T4F, the producer of Taylor Swift’s concerts in Brazil, Taylor Swift fan groups raised money to transport Ana Clara’s body from Rio de Janeiro to Mato Grosso do Sul. The family had mentioned financial difficulties in taking the body.
Parents devastated by death
Ana Clara Benevides, 23, was an only child and received the ticket to the American singer Taylor Swift’s show from her father, Weiny Machado, 53, who spoke with Sheet by phone in the early hours of Saturday (18). It was her daughter’s first plane trip and also her first time in the capital of Rio de Janeiro.
“I lost my only daughter, a happy and intelligent girl. She was about to graduate in psychology next April, saving money. I have no words to express my pain. She left home to fulfill a dream and came back dead,” said the father in tears.
“When she was trying to buy the ticket and couldn’t, I told her: ‘My daughter, leave it in God’s hands and ask Him. If it is for your good, He will grant it.’ That’s what she did, she asked God and it worked,” said Adriana Benevides, the young woman’s mother. “God took her, but at the happiest moment of her life.”
Disgust of Brazilian fans against the singer’s silence outside of social networks
“Emotional performance”, “holding back tears” and other exaggerations have been used by international media to talk about singer Taylor Swift’s performance of “Bigger Than the Whole Sky” at the show on Sunday (19). However, Brazilian fans disagree.
According to the newspapers, the performance of the song would have been a tribute to the young Ana Clara Benevides, who died on Friday (17th) after feeling ill due to the heat in Engenhão, in Rio de Janeiro, while the singer was performing “Cruel Summer” on stage.
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“No photos of the deceased were shown. A tribute that is not explicit means absolutely nothing,” wrote a fan on her profile. “It wasn’t Taylor’s obligation, that’s true. But it would be a sign of humanity, in fact, it would highlight that Taylor is on the right side of things.” Previously filled with young people excited to see Taylor Swift up close, the entrance to the Fasano Hotel in Ipanema was deserted on Monday afternoon (20), in Rio.
If the day she arrived in the city, last Thursday (17th), the Swifties were singing their songs and mingling in an almost hysterical atmosphere while waiting to see the diva at the window or some kind of interaction, no matter how small, like? a little greeting from the car? On Monday (20th), the scene was very different. There was not a single person waiting for her in front of the hotel.
Shares of Time For Fun (T4F), the event organizer responsible for Taylor Swift’s show in Brazil, also ended Monday’s trading down 9.6%, at R$2.06.
Due to a metal structure placed on the floor of the Nilton Santos stadium, home of the shows, and the intense heat of almost 40 degrees in Rio de Janeiro, several people also report having suffered second-degree burns to the skin and say they will sue T4F.
Taylor Swift is already in São Paulo. After a series of shows in Rio de Janeiro that resulted in two deaths and a postponement, the singer arrived in the city for three performances at the Allianz Parque stadium on November 24, 25 and 26.
Sheet He contacted the singer’s team, but received no response.
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