Pé de China: Understand how the fake TV series starring Davi Brito and Jade Picon went viral

The fake TV series “Pé de Chinesa” was created around a plot starring former BBBs Jade Picon and Davi Brito. (Image: Clone, X)

Anyone who has accessed social networks X and TikTok in the past month may have occasionally seen some posts about the new Globo TV series, “Pé de Chinesa”, directed by Gloria Péres. The only problem is that this production does not exist, because “Pé de Chinesa” is nothing more than a joke that has spread among social media users, gaining ever greater dimensions on the Brazilian internet.

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The amount of effort among users to promote this fake series was so great that a plot was created. In the cast, Jade Bacon will play the role of the protagonist who falls in love with a Chinese kidnapper, played by Davi Brito. As a joke, the actors listed in the fake series “Pé de Chinesa” are former BBBs.

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Timeline of the creation of the fake series Pé de China

Davi Brito will star in the fake TV series “Pé de Chinesa”. (Image: Reproduction, X)

Jade Picon will be the protagonist of the fake series “Pé de Chinesa”. (Image: Clone, X)

Giovanna Antonelli will also be part of the cast of the fake series “Pé de Chinesa”. (Image: Reproduction, X)

Rafa Kaliman and Vioc will be the villains in the fake series “Pé de Chinesa”. (Image: Clone, X)

Misinformation was used to standardize non-existent series. (Image: Reproduction, X)

Although it seems like a hoax, the story gained significant dimensions on the internet due to the gradual building of the plot and the supposed marketing disclosures about the “Chinese foot” conspiracy. First came the false information that Gloria Perez had cast Jade Bacon in her upcoming TV series. The former BBB had worked in Travesia, a production of the playwright. So, the information began to spread online without much doubt.

That’s when a creative layer from X and TikTok began, organically, to extrapolate misinformation using visuals. The entire cast, the series’ opening, and even the trailer featuring Jade Bacon, Devi Brito, and Giovanna Antonelli were created using AI to reinforce the false narrative of the nonexistent series (see below).

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Even before the joke got this complicated, playwright Gloria Perez, in an interview with Karas, denied the existence of this series: “What nonsense! My haters were more creative.

*Photograph: Tony Petroski, Reproduction