THE singer Gretchen 65, if moved when speaking in a live interview on SBT’s special programming this Saturday (17) in tribute to the founder of the broadcaster Silvio Santos who died this Saturday at the age of 93 due to bronchopneumonia after infection with Influenza (H1N1).
In a conversation with presenter Celso Portiolli, 57, the artist said that this was: “the most difficult program you have ever asked me to do”. She said that at first she thought the news about her death was false and only believed it when she started to see more information about the subject, becoming “in shock”.
Gretchen said that her daughter Valentina Miranda, 14, was also impacted by the news, even though she did not experience the time when her mother worked with the presenter.
“My daughter, who is not old enough to know Silvio’s story, came in desperate and said: ‘Mom, they said Silvio Santos died, but wasn’t he immortal?’. For a 14-year-old girl, who didn’t know his story, who doesn’t know my story with Silvio, she was shocked and said that for her, he was immortal, imagine for me, who started my career with him?”, the presenter vented.
In conversation with Celso Portiolli, the singer recalled the first moments she had with Silvio Santos at SBT: “I had the freedom to tell him things, because he knew I was sincere,” she commented.
Gretchen talks about Silvio Santos. She said she found out that the presenter died from her daughter, who also didn’t believe he was dead, as he was believed to be immortal. pic.twitter.com/LnWMP07VhO
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Moved, Gretchen revealed that the presenter was important for her development as an artist: “If I am Gretchen, it’s because of him.”
The singer also spoke about Silvio’s concern for the future of the people around him. She recalled a time when she was called into her dressing room and the founder of SBT asked her if she was saving money. “He said: ‘You have to take care of your future, because all of this will pass'”, she said.
According to her, he treated her like a daughter, just as he treated his heiresses. “Like he treated everyone he cared about,” Gretchen said.
On social media, the singer paid tribute to her friend in several posts with videos recalling the moments they worked together and reposting the repercussions of other artists. In the caption of the first Instagram post, she said that her participation in the program Qual É a Música was what made her stand out in the artistic world.
Silvio Santos changed TV schedule with Chaves and Mexican soap operas
Source: CNN Brasil
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