In an unusually personal video\u2014and one that was long by internet standards (27 minutes)\u2014Michelle Bolsonaro, the third and current wife of former President Jair Bolsonaro, leveled serious accusations against Jair\u2019s eldest son, Fl\u00e1vio Bolsonaro, accusing him of humiliating her and treating her disrespectfully due to political differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The actual trigger for the conflict seems minor. It concerned the election of the governor in the state of Cear\u00e1 (in northeastern Brazil, with Fortaleza as its capital) and the state\u2019s Senate candidate, both for the October 2026 elections. The Bolsonaro-party PL was divided over the candidate selection. A group led by PL politician Andr\u00e9 Fernandes wanted to form an electoral alliance with Ciro Gomes, who, although he has been an independent since late 2025, had previously been a member of center-left parties and had also been their presidential candidate. Michelle Bolsonaro opposed this alliance and favored Senator Eduardo Gir\u00e3o, a businessman from Cear\u00e1 known for his Christian-conservative views. According to Michelle, this would also have been in line with her husband\u2019s wishes. The second point of contention was the PL candidate for the Senate from Cear\u00e1. Michelle advocated for Priscila Costa, while the PL faction in Cear\u00e1 preferred Alcides Fernandes, an evangelical pastor and the father of Andr\u00e9 Fernandes, who, at 28, is still too young to run for the Senate (the minimum age is 35).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Michelle Bolsonaro described how she learned of these decisions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOn the way back (from political events in Cear\u00e1), something really bad happened. Something I didn\u2019t expect. Something that hurt in a way that was hard to put into words. It felt like a stab in the back. I saw Fl\u00e1vio\u2019s posts against me on social media. Harsh words, so aggressive, defending Andr\u00e9 Fernandes and, as a result, supporting an alliance with the man (Ciro Gomes) who called him, his mother, and his brothers corrupt\u2026 The (Bolsonaro) brothers came together, in a coordinated manner, with posts that were very similar to one another. It seemed orchestrated.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Michelle Bolsonaro was not only angry about the content of the posts, but also that no one had spoken to her directly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI looked at my phone, checked for messages from Fl\u00e1vio, looked for a missed call\u2014 for any sign that he had tried to reach me before posting on social media. There was nothing. I called him\u2014I tried a few times\u2014but he didn\u2019t answer. A few hours after the post, he called me back. But honestly, given what he said to me, it would have been better if he hadn\u2019t called. He was very harsh, disrespected me, and treated me badly over the phone. And I hadn\u2019t done anything against him. He said it would be better if I stayed out of party decisions. He said I had just arrived yesterday and didn\u2019t understand anything about politics.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Michelle Bolsonaro is the chairwoman of the PL\u2019s women\u2019s division and is very influential through this role. For Pedro Doria of Canal Meio, she is the most promising politician in the Bolsonaro family: \u201cShe\u2019s far more skilled than any of Bolsonaro\u2019s children and is building the most powerful female political force in Brazil within the PL. She decided to sabotage Fl\u00e1vio\u2019s candidacy, and she has a massive female political base right there in front of her.\u201d A significant portion of conservative and, above all, evangelical women see her as a role model who form a base within the PL for Michelle that Jair\u2019s sons do not have. Michelle has more than 8 million followers on Instagram, her own beauty products, which are often sold-old, because conservative women are crazy about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Michelle, the problem with the alliance with Ciro Gomes was that, in her view, he was primarily responsible \u201cfor the process that led to my husband\u2019s ineligibility\u201d and political isolation. She showed interview clips of Ciro Gomes in which he described Jair Bolsonaro and his sons as corrupt criminals. Regarding Jair, Gomes said that he knew him from parliament and that Jair had even stolen gasoline. The words \u201cbandit\u201d and \u201cthieves\u201d were used. The PL wanted this alliance nonetheless because it has a relatively weak presence particularly in the North and Northeast, and can hardly win on its own. Ciro Gomes is a powerful figure in Cear\u00e1 and can significantly expand the PL\u2019s voter base there. The PL and Flavio Bolsonaro wanted to take advantage of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Michelle did not criticize electoral alliances in general, but she did object to forming one right away for the first round. She would have preferred that a \u201ctrue\u201d right-wing candidate be fielded in the first round, and if it came down to a runoff between the PT and another candidate, then they could still support that other candidate in the second round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Flavio Bolsonaro responded that very evening after the soccer game, from his sofa while wearing a Brazil jersey. He said, \u201cNobody annoys me\u201d and \u201cat no time did I offend Michelle or intend to offend her. If I did, I apologize. I have respect and appreciation for her work with PL Women, for taking care of my father, and for everything she represents for Brazil.\u201d This video came across as hardly presidential\u2014certainly filmed in a hurry and under pressure\u2014but it\u2019s hard to imagine Lula commenting on family intrigues from his sofa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After Fl\u00e1vio Bolsonaro was nominated by his father, Jair, in The coming days and weeks will reveal what this means for the current Michelle Bolsonaro attacks eldest Bolsonaro-son Fl\u00e1vio in a video on Instagram. On 24 June at 7 p.m. local time, Brazil played its final World Cup group match against Scotland in Miami and won easily, 3\u20130. Neymar even joined in the second half after recovering from an injury. Brazil finished first in the group, and everything looked set for a harmonious end to the evening. 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December 2025 as the Bolsonaro camp\u2019s candidate for the 2026
presidential election, things had become rather quiet around Michelle.
She divided her time between her husband\u2019s house arrest in Bras\u00edlia and
political trips, which, however, received little media attention. The
strained relationship between her and Fl\u00e1vio\u2014and even more so with the
other sons\u2014is no secret. Neither are her political ambitions.
Nevertheless, one would not have expected such a video during the
campaign, in which Fl\u00e1vio is already weakened by the <\/span>Banco Master scandal.<\/a>
Michelle has almost taken Flavio out of the presidential race, but in
doing so has repositioned herself as an independent political force
within the Bolsonarista camp and presented herself as the purest and
most loyal version. With her, there would be no half-baked compromises,
no political games at the expense of substance and credibility.<\/span><\/p>
election campaign\u2014and how Jair Bolsonaro will position himself. It\u2019s
hard to imagine that Michelle posted the video without his knowledge or
even permission. His response will be decisive in determining how
Flavio\u2019s campaign proceeds and what role Michelle will play in the
campaign and beyond.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"