Gustavo Tubarão sees the turn of the interior in Ana Castela and says he was ashamed of his own origins: 'I imitated the São Paulo accent'

Gustavo Tubarão talks about the cultural shift in the interior and quotes Ana Castela Influencer Gustavo Tubarão says that the rise of Ana Castela is the clearest example of a change that he experienced firsthand: the culture of the interior stopped being a reason for shame and started to become popular throughout Brazil. "Ana Castela is a girl also from the countryside who became a phenomenon throughout Brazil. And it turns out that the same time she broke out was the same time I broke out as an influencer", he told g1, at Parque do Peão, in Barretos (SP). A native of Cana Verde (MG), in the south of the state, Tubarão says that his relationship with his own origins was not always this way. When he moved from the countryside to the capital, still in his teens, he began to hide the way he spoke. "My whole life I've been ashamed of who I am, because I was bullied at school because of my accent," he said. "I said 'pig' and everyone said 'door'. I thought: is there something wrong with me?" ? Be part of the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp Gustavo Tubarão at the Festa do Peão de Barretos 2026 Carol Ribeiro/g1 'Imitated the accent' In the first videos he recorded, he imitated an accent that wasn't his, São Paulo or Rio. The turning point came when he began to accept himself and narrate his own life. Today, he has 14.3 million followers on social media and shows his routine in the field, with animals, family and work. As a result, he became one of the biggest agricultural influencers in the country. "From the moment I started to really be myself, things started to flow. A lot of people identified." For the influencer, the current reach of the agricultural universe has an effect that goes beyond entertainment. "Our entire lives, people from the interior have always been considered stupid. Especially me, who's from the interior of Minas Gerais, people think we're literally stupid because we talk wrong," he said. Ana Castela was an ambassador for the Festa do Peão de Barretos in 2025, at the age of 21, the youngest in history, and performed at the Stadium on Friday (21) of this edition. Tubarão is in its third consecutive year at the event. "Being in this hype today is very good, because our culture is being seen, recognized and respected throughout Brazil." See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão Preto e Franca