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Actor Tony Ramos's interview on Ana Maria Braga's 'Mais Você' is digitally altered and redubbed into a fake advertisement for a prostate remedy, reported as made with AI; Terra reported his team's warning in December 2023 and he recounted it on 'Roda Viva' in September 2026

Terra reported on 6 December 2023 that the team of the actor Tony Ramos, then appearing in the telenovela 'Terra e Paixão', had warned that an interview he gave to Ana Maria Braga's programme 'Mais Você' was digitally altered to promote a supposedly miraculous remedy for prostate hyperplasia. According to the team, his words were edited with advanced technology to make it seem he endorsed the product, his voice was redubbed, and the original footage was a tribute to fellow professionals. Terra describes the clips as fake videos created with artificial intelligence. On the TV programme 'Roda Viva' on 28 September 2026, Ramos said his image had been stolen from that interview, badly dubbed and made to sell a prostate medicine (Estado de Minas, 29 September 2026), and Estado de Minas describes the clip as a deepfake that circulated on social networks. No buyer losses, complaint or takedown are reported.

AI system
Unidentified video tool
Occurred
Event date unknown
Reported
6 December 2023
Event location
Unknown
What the AI did
Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm
Reputational Harm
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Work · Health
Evidence
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution supported · 2 sources
3 claims: 3 reported. 4 open questions
People reported harmed
1 person

AI system as recorded: Manipulated video of a 'Mais Você' interview in which the actor's words were edited and his voice redubbed to endorse a prostate remedy; Terra describes it as a fake video created with AI and Estado de Minas as a deepfake; the tool and the operators are not identified

What Happened

Terra (6 December 2023) reports that the actor's team warned that his interview on 'Mais Você' had been digitally altered to promote a supposedly miraculous remedy for prostate hyperplasia. The team said his words were edited with advanced technology so that he appeared to endorse the product, that his voice was redubbed, and that the original content was a tribute to colleagues. Terra frames the case as the latest misuse of a person's image in fake videos created with artificial intelligence, alongside other cases it lists. Estado de Minas (29 September 2026) reports that on 'Roda Viva' on Monday 28 September 2026, while criticising the recreation of actors by AI, Ramos said he had been the victim of a manipulated video: a deepfake from an interview with Ana Maria Braga that circulated on social networks to sell prostate medicine. It quotes him: 'Roubaram minha imagem em uma entrevista com a Ana Maria Braga. Dublaram, mal dublado, aliás, e fizeram eu vender um remédio para próstata.' Estado de Minas says 'recentemente'; whether the 2026 remark refers to the video his team flagged in 2023 or to a later recirculation is not stated. Neither source reports how many people saw the video or whether anyone bought the product.

Reported harm

The actor's image and a redubbed voice were used without consent to make him appear to endorse a prostate remedy in a fake advertisement; his team had to warn the public, and he describes it as his image being stolen (his team's statement via Terra; his remarks on 'Roda Viva' via Estado de Minas).

Outcome

Unknown

His team issued a public warning reported by Terra on 6 December 2023, and he described the video on 'Roda Viva' on 28 September 2026 (Estado de Minas, 29 September 2026). No police complaint, takedown, platform action or identified seller is reported.

What remains unknown

  • When the video first circulated, on which platforms, and whether it recirculated after December 2023.
  • Whether anyone bought the advertised product or lost money.
  • Whether a complaint, takedown or platform action followed.
  • Which tool was used and whether the voice was synthesised or dubbed by a person.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. Terra describes the case as misuse of his image in fake videos created with artificial intelligence; the team statement it relays says his words were edited with 'tecnologia avançada' and his voice redubbed, without naming AI. Estado de Minas calls the clip a deepfake; Ramos's quoted words say the interview was dubbed ('Dublaram, mal dublado'). The video was not inspected and no tool is named. The altered video depicted him (depicted_or_impersonated).

3 claims: 3 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported The actor's team said that an interview he gave to 'Mais Você' was digitally altered, with his words edited and his voice redubbed, to make him appear to endorse a supposedly miraculous remedy for prostate hyperplasia.

Causal attribution. The team's account as relayed by Terra; the video was not inspected.

  • terra.com.br(opens in new tab) supports · Portuguese
    'A equipe do ator alertou que uma entrevista que ele deu ao programa "Mais Você", da Ana Maria Braga, foi alterada digitalmente para promover um remédio supostamente milagroso para hiperplasia da próstata.'
  • terra.com.br(opens in new tab) supports · Portuguese
    'Segundo a equipe, falas de Tony Ramos foram editadas com o uso de tecnologia avançada para fazer parecer que ele estava endossando o produto. A equipe enfatizou que a voz do ator foi redublada e que o conteúdo original era uma homenagem a colegas de profissão.'
Reported Terra described the clips as fake videos created with artificial intelligence.

Causal attribution. Terra's framing; the team statement it quotes refers to advanced technology without naming AI.

  • terra.com.br(opens in new tab) supports · Portuguese
    'é a mais nova vítima do uso indevido de imagem em vídeos falsos criados com inteligência artificial (IA)'
Reported On 'Roda Viva' on 28 September 2026, Ramos said his image had been taken from an interview with Ana Maria Braga, badly dubbed and made to sell a prostate medicine; Estado de Minas describes the clip as a deepfake that circulated on social networks.

Causal attribution. His own account and the outlet's 'deepfake' label. Estado de Minas says this happened 'recentemente'; whether it is the 2023 video or a later recirculation is not stated.

  • em.com.br(opens in new tab) supports · Portuguese
    'Roubaram minha imagem em uma entrevista com a Ana Maria Braga. Dublaram, mal dublado, aliás, e fizeram eu vender um remédio para próstata'
  • em.com.br(opens in new tab) supports · Portuguese
    'Uma deepfake sua, em uma entrevista com Ana Maria Braga, circulou nas redes sociais para vender remédios para a próstata.'

Sources

2 sources inspected. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-01 (Terra, published 6 December 2023 per the page metadata). Licensed Pipoca Moderna article (byline Pedro Benjamin Prado); relays a statement by the actor's team. Researcher translation. Applies to s1.

Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-01 (Estado de Minas, 29 September 2026); reports his remarks on 'Roda Viva' of 28 September 2026. The page credits its image to Tupi, which carries an article with the same title; the broadcast itself was not viewed. Researcher translation. Applies to s2.

Event countries: Unknown. Affected-person countries: Unknown. Court countries: Unknown.

Neither inspected body states where the video circulated beyond 'redes sociais' or where the actor lives; no country is inferred from the Portuguese language, the outlets or the TV programmes.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-01: Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: an altered video depicted the actor endorsing a prostate remedy he did not endorse. He is a public figure who described it in his own words in 2026, and his team warned the public in 2023. The AI element rests on the outlets' description; the video was not inspected.

People described

Tony Ramos, actor (public figure speaking publicly about his own case)

People reported harmed in this case

1 person

0 AI participants · 1 other person harmed

One person, Tony Ramos (Terra; Estado de Minas). Viewers of the video and any buyers are not counted because no source reports anyone deceived. Exact 1.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#deepfakes#celebrity-deepfake#fake-advertisement#health-product-scam#voice-redubbing#actor#portuguese-language

Cite this case

Compiled per our published methodology: verification statuses, sourcing standards, and corrections process.

APA

NOPE. (2026). Actor Tony Ramos's interview on Ana Maria Braga's 'Mais Você' is digitally altered and redubbed into a fake advertisement for a prostate remedy, reported as made with AI; Terra reported his team's warning in December 2023 and he recounted it on 'Roda Viva' in September 2026. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2023-actor-tony-ramos-interview-redubbed-into-fake-prostate-remedy-ad

BibTeX

@misc{2023_actor_tony_ramos_interview_redubbed_into_fake_prostate_remedy_ad,
  title = {Actor Tony Ramos's interview on Ana Maria Braga's 'Mais Você' is digitally altered and redubbed into a fake advertisement for a prostate remedy, reported as made with AI; Terra reported his team's warning in December 2023 and he recounted it on 'Roda Viva' in September 2026},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2023-actor-tony-ramos-interview-redubbed-into-fake-prostate-remedy-ad}
}

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