Wednesday, August 12th 2026 - 06:21 UTC
“We have set our disagreements aside. What family is perfect? Let anyone without family problems raise their hand,” the former first lady said at the end of the event
Brazil's former first lady, Michelle Bolsonaro, and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the Liberal Party's presidential candidate, appeared together in public on Tuesday for the first time since the falling-out between them in late June. The meeting took place at the party's headquarters in Brasília, where they recorded campaign material and prayed together.
“We have set our disagreements aside. What family is perfect? Let anyone without family problems raise their hand,” the former first lady said at the end of the event. She added that both had put their differences behind them to unite “in favor of something much greater,” and confirmed she will take part in the campaign. “He can count on me on social media and he can count on the strength of women spread across Brazil,” she said.
The dispute erupted in late June, when Michelle Bolsonaro released a video accusing her stepson of mistreating and humiliating her over internal party matters, leaving her support for his candidacy in doubt. “They treat me as if I were an idiot. As if I had arrived yesterday,” she said at the time. Flávio Bolsonaro posted an apology video in July inviting her to join the campaign, and she responded positively, although they had not appeared together in public until Tuesday.
