Erick Mota was interviewing a group of Brazil national team fans when the situation arose; he says the two will stay in touch
This Thursday, 24, the journalist Erick Mota was taken by surprise while working on the roof of the Qatar World Cup🇧🇷 When he interviewed a Brazilian fan, he found out she was his cousin.
The reporter of RICTVaffiliate of disk to the Paranahe was recording a report on the Brazilian team’s debut in the tournament when the situation arose.
The video of the moment was shared by Erick on social media and already has more than 600,000 views on YouTube alone. Tick tock🇧🇷
As he approaches a group of fans, he is interrupted by a woman named Taina who says, “I don’t believe it.” He stops and asks: “What don’t you think?”, To which she replies: “Aren’t you my cousin?”
At first the journalist doubts the information, but the girl replies: “Aren’t you Evani’s son?” He agrees and she adds, “So, you’re my cousin.”
Then, Erick cuts off the report and jokes, “Wait a minute, Cris, this is a family affair. Is this serious?” The two then introduce themselves correctly, take a picture together, and Tainá explains how she knows the information.
“Evani is my father’s cousin. I am Brandão [sobrenome]🇧🇷 I went to your mother’s house, I think you were still in Brasilia. I spent a weekend there,” she recounts. Watch the video:
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It was supposed to be a normal day at work, until… #journalism of a journalist’s life.
original sound – Erick Mota
Erick and Taina will stay in touch
OR Stage contacted Erick to understand the repercussions of this story. According to the reporter, he figured the video had potential, but not that it would go viral that way.
After the coincidence, he and Tainá have exchanged contacts and have already arranged a meeting: “We are also already planning a pizza at home. She and her husband are going, [vão] you know my house and my wife.”
Erick says he hopes to strengthen relationships with his cousin, who is, in fact, a third cousin. “I don’t have many relatives here in Curitiba,” he says. “So I think it’s great for us to be able to strengthen our friendship because of that as well. I know what it’s like to be a foreigner in a land, I spent three years in Brasilia.”
The journalist’s family is originally from Bahia, while Tainá lived in São Paulo before moving to the capital of Paraná. The relatives, of course, were surprised by the situation, but happy with the closeness of the two.
*Intern under the supervision of Charlise Morais
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