Politics · Brazil · 2 hrs ago
Janones plans to watch Brazil debate from another studio after invitation to ex-wife
André Janones says he will watch the debate from another studio and livestream his comments after it ends.
The debate between Brazilian President Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro is scheduled for Friday, two days before the presidential runoff.
Flávio’s campaign invited Leandra Guedes, Janones’s former wife and the mayor of Ituiutaba, to watch from the audience.
A court order bars Janones from coming within 300 metres of her and prohibits him from being in the same place as her.
The invitation prompted Lula’s campaign to reconsider Janones’s attendance, but Leandra had not said whether she would accept.
Janones announced plans to use another studio, though he did not identify its location or confirm whether he would be outside Globo’s premises.
André Janones said he would watch the presidential debate from a different studio and host a live broadcast after it ends.
The announcement followed news that Flávio Bolsonaro’s team had invited Janones’s former wife, Leandra Guedes, to attend the debate.
Guedes has a court protection order against Janones that bars him from approaching her and her family within 300 metres and from being in the same place as her.
Guedes had not confirmed whether she would attend, and the sources do not establish that Janones changed his plans because of the invitation.
The debate between President Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro was scheduled for Friday, 23 October, two days before the presidential runoff.
- Who
- André Janones said he would watch from another studio; Leandra Guedes was invited to attend the debate by Flávio Bolsonaro’s team.
- What
- Janones planned to host a live broadcast after the debate. Guedes’s possible attendance raised concerns because of a protection order against him.
- When
- Friday, 23 October 2026, the day of the debate.
- Where
- The debate was at TV Globo in Rio de Janeiro; Janones said he would be at another studio but did not give its location.
- Why
- Janones said he would comment on the debate in a live broadcast. The sources do not confirm that his plan was prompted by Guedes’s invitation.
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Regionalzão published a report that Leandra Guedes had been invited to the debate by Flávio Bolsonaro’s team.
Janones posted that he would be at another studio and start a live broadcast after the debate.
Janones gave further details about his plans in a new post, according to Regionalzão.
The Lula–Flávio Bolsonaro debate was scheduled to take place at TV Globo in Rio de Janeiro.
- Debate date
- 23 October 2026
- Debate venue
- TV Globo, Rio de Janeiro
- Janones’s role
- Federal deputy for Rede-MG
- Leandra Guedes’s role
- Mayor of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais
- Protection-order distance
- 300 metres
- Leandra’s invitation
- One of 30 invitations allocated to Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign
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What people are saying
Enquanto ele vai estar no debate nos estúdios da Globo, eu vou estar no outro estúdio onde será realizada a live. Encerrou o debate eu começo a live no mesmo segundo!