by The return of Fátima Lopes to SIC promised golden times for the presenter, but the truth is that life at the Paço de Arcos station is not going as the star envisioned. Bets for the presenter are uncertain, with ‘All You Need Is Love’ not going down well with audiences, forcing changes to programming. Great sadness for Fátima, who dreamed of a big return to a format she had already managed, in other ways, in the past.
“I enjoyed doing the program and no one can take that pleasure away from me. I don’t think it’s a defeat, but I feel disappointed that people don’t like it.“, said Fátima, who also sees her other form of “Caixa Mágica” not winning over the audience.
Setbacks that left her in bad shape in the SIC, which reached her after Fátima decided to slam the door on a break with TVI and Cristina Ferreira, which forced her to take an extended break, in which she was away from the screens . He returned to SIC at the hands of Daniel Oliveira and on a star salary. He has a contract that guarantees him 7,500 euros per month, but the amount increases every time he goes on air with a program, so he receives more today for both schemes than when he was at TVI, which guaranteed him a salary of 25 thousand euros per month.
Daniel Oliveira and Fatima Lopes
Photo: Cofina Media
And if it is not a lie that the weak audience worries Fátima, it is also true that this time the presenter is no longer afraid and is better prepared to face a future away from the screen.
The year he was away from TV, the presenter took precautions, lined up B plans and currently has multiple sources of income apart from the screens. In addition to the books he writes, which are almost always bestsellers, he also has a blog, gold deals with several brands, and a collaboration with chef Vitor Sobral through a YouTube channel. A cake that already guarantees you a stable income that allows you to live comfortably away from the TV.
This was demonstrated in the last interregnum of Fátima Lopes. When asked about what it was like to be away from television, the presenter downplayed the matter. “I really like doing TV, I really like presenting programs, I’m also happy to do that. I’m saying that because I’m happy to do other things too. You’re not the only one.”, he stated, adding. “Honestly, I’m not worried at all. [com a ausência do pequeno ecrã]. I’m quite well, I’m quite calm. I think that’s the most important thing.”
UNBREAKABLE FAITH IN GOD AND OUR LADY OF FATIMA
For Fátima Lopes’ peace of mind, it helps a lot that she is faithful and has an unshakable faith in God and Our Lady of Fátima. He goes to Sanctuary several times and often talks about his connection to religion, which gives him strength to overcome the less good times.
“Faith has helped me a lot in my life. In moments when I feel most fragile or when I am going through some difficulty, I always have so much faith. Faith in myself. Faith in others. Faith in the divine forces, which I know make a perfect orchestration that is why it is impossible for me to think that what I live and feel has no purpose. There’s always a reason that piece fits it. There is always a reason that this path intersects with the other. There is always a reason for this or that situation to happen to us because, later on, we will realize that, in the most diverse connections, there is a spirituality that crosses our lives. And, this is something even deeper“, the presenter wrote.
At another point he mentioned that his connection with the Virgin makes him never feel lost. “Those who have never experienced or felt this way may not realize it. A believer will understand perfectly what I am saying: I have never felt alone, at any moment in my life, even in the most fragile ones. In them I felt the presence of the Virgin Mary even more,” she said, adding that when she wanted to have a second child and had difficulty getting pregnant, she prayed a lot to have one.“When I wanted to have a child and couldn’t, I remembered and turned to faith.”
In addition to this connection, the presenter also has a spiritual guide, Father João, with whom she has already made two pilgrimages to Fátima and who is her right hand in the most delicate moments.
