Pituxo became a kind of comic victim, suffering indignities that kept the audience from drowning in the weight of them.
Na arte da narrativa televisiva, alguns personagens existem não para durar, mas para revelar — e foi exatamente esse o destino de Pituxo em 'Quem Ama Cuida', da Globo. Romulo Arantes Neto passou uma semana nas gravações da novela não por acidente ou contratempo, mas porque seu personagem cumpriu uma função precisa: acender a chama que ilumina os abismos da protagonista Brigitte. Há uma sabedoria antiga nessa escolha dramatúrgica — às vezes, o que passa rápido é o que deixa a marca mais duradoura.
- A saída de Romulo Arantes Neto gerou especulações, mas a verdade é mais calculada: o ator sempre soube que ficaria apenas uma semana.
- Em sete dias de trama, Brigitte trancou Pituxo na varanda de cueca, espalhou glitter pelo apartamento, instalou câmera escondida e criou perfil falso para assediá-lo — uma escalada de humilhações que definiu quem ela é.
- O personagem funcionou como um espelho perturbador, revelando a obsessão e o descontrole de Brigitte antes que a novela mergulhasse em seus conflitos centrais.
- Tata Werneck equilibrou o material no fio da navalha entre o perturbador e o cômico, impedindo que o público se voltasse completamente contra sua personagem.
- Arantes Neto não descarta um retorno se o roteiro exigir, mas por ora Pituxo cumpriu seu papel e saiu de cena — deixando apenas os estragos que ajudou a expor.
Romulo Arantes Neto passou exatamente uma semana nas gravações de 'Quem Ama Cuida', novela das nove da Globo, antes de seu personagem desaparecer da trama. A saída, no sábado dia 23 de maio, não foi surpresa nem resultado de conflito nos bastidores — estava planejada desde o início. Pituxo, o ex-namorado de Brigitte vivida por Tata Werneck, foi concebido pelos autores Walcyr Carrasco e Claudia Souto como um dispositivo narrativo: entrar, cumprir uma função específica e sair.
Essa função era revelar Brigitte em seu estado mais descontrolado. Durante os capítulos de abertura, o personagem foi submetido a uma série de humilhações crescentes — trancado na varanda em roupa íntima, vítima de glitter espalhado pelo apartamento, monitorado por câmera escondida, assediado por perfil falso nas redes sociais. Cada ação pintava o retrato de uma mulher incapaz de aceitar a rejeição, para quem o controle sobre o outro é uma necessidade absoluta.
O que impediu o material de se tornar pesado demais foi a interpretação de Werneck, que manteve Brigitte num registro simultaneamente inquietante e estranhamente cômico. Pituxo precisava sofrer sem despertar tanta simpatia que o público se voltasse contra a protagonista — e esse equilíbrio foi alcançado.
Arantes Neto deixou claro que seu contrato sempre foi para essa fase inicial. Não descarta um retorno caso a história exija, mas não há cenas previstas. A novela, ambientada em São Paulo e com direção artística de Amora Mautner, segue sem ele — e Brigitte continua sua trajetória moldada, em parte, pelo que fez a Pituxo e pelo que isso revelou sobre ela.
Romulo Arantes Neto spent exactly one week on the set of Globo's prime-time novela Quem Ama Cuida before his character vanished from the story. His departure on Saturday, May 23rd, was neither sudden nor the result of backstage conflict. The exit had been planned from the beginning—Pituxo, the character he played, was always meant to be a brief presence, a narrative device designed to accomplish a specific purpose and then disappear.
Pituxo entered the story as an ex-boyfriend of Brigitte, the central character played by Tata Werneck. His function was narrow and deliberate: to serve as a mirror for Brigitte's most troubling qualities. In those opening chapters, viewers saw her obsessive nature, her inability to accept rejection, the way she spiraled into behavior that was simultaneously disturbing and, in the hands of Werneck's performance, darkly comedic. Pituxo was the catalyst that allowed the writers—Walcyr Carrasco and Claudia Souto—to establish who Brigitte was before she deepened her alliance with her mother, Pilar, played by Isabel Teixeira, and descended further into the story's darker territories.
What Brigitte did to Pituxo during that week was relentless. She locked him outside on the apartment balcony in nothing but underwear. She scattered glitter throughout the apartment. She installed a hidden camera to monitor him remotely. She created a fake social media profile to send him anonymous messages. Each humiliation built on the last, painting a portrait of a woman unmoored from normal social boundaries, someone for whom rejection was not an option to be accepted but a problem to be solved through escalating control.
Yet the tone of these scenes never tipped into pure tragedy. Werneck's interpretation of Brigitte—the way she inhabited the character's obsession—kept the material in a register that was uncomfortable but not unbearable, cruel but not without a strange lightness. Pituxo became a kind of comic victim, suffering indignities that were written and performed in a way that prevented the audience from drowning in the weight of them. This tonal balance was essential to the character's purpose: he needed to reveal Brigitte without becoming so sympathetic that the audience turned against her entirely.
Arantes Neto has made clear that his contract was always for this initial phase only. He did not rule out a return if the story called for it, if Brigitte's arc circled back to him in some way. But for now, there are no scenes scheduled. Pituxo has served his purpose and moved on, leaving behind only the damage he sustained and the portrait of Brigitte that his presence helped to paint. The novela, set in São Paulo and directed artistically by Amora Mautner, continues without him, and Brigitte continues her descent into the story's central conflicts, shaped by what she did to him and what it revealed about who she is.
Citas Notables
The actor revealed he was contracted only for the initial phase of the novela but did not rule out a possible return if called again— Romulo Arantes Neto
La Conversación del Hearth Otra perspectiva de la historia
So this actor was fired, or did something go wrong on set?
No, nothing like that. It was planned from day one. He was hired for exactly this—one week, one arc, then out.
But why bring in an actor for such a short time? Why not just have the character appear without a face?
Because Pituxo needed to be real enough to matter. He's the person Brigitte obsesses over, humiliates, stalks. If he's just a name mentioned in dialogue, the audience doesn't feel the weight of what she's doing to him.
And what is she doing to him, exactly?
Everything. Locking him outside half-naked, covering the apartment in glitter, watching him through hidden cameras, sending him anonymous messages. It's a catalog of control and rejection that shows you exactly who Brigitte is before the story goes deeper.
That sounds pretty dark. How does it not become unwatchable?
Because Tata Werneck plays it in a way that keeps it from drowning you. It's cruel, yes, but there's a lightness to it—a kind of dark comedy. You see Brigitte's sickness without losing the thread of the story.
So the actor knew going in he'd be gone after a week?
Yes. He was contracted for the opening arc only. He's open to coming back if the story needs him, but right now, his work is done.