Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been under fire by the international community following the Amazon fires. French president Emmanuel Macron was particularly critical of Brazil and Bolsonaro.

On August 15, 2019 Renzo Gracie was named Ambassador of International Tourism under Embratur, a branch of Brazil’s Ministry of Tourism, and he went ahead and commented on the Bolsonaro and Macron tension.

Nomeado “embaixador do turismo”, Renzo Gracie tem se reunido com empresários e autoridades do EUA pra atrair turistas ao Brasil. Em viagem a Miami, ele gravou esse vídeo no qual chama o pres da França de franga e diz que vai pegá-lo pelo gogó 👇 pic.twitter.com/LGE1WYJNnH — Adriano Wilkson (@adrianowilkson) August 31, 2019

Translation:

“Macron, I’m sorry, Micron. Micron, man, you’re talking trash about my country. The only fire going on is the fire inside Brazilian hearts and our president’s heart, you clown. Come over here you’ll be caught by the neck, that chicken neck. You don’t fool me.

In a subsequent interview with Brazilian news website UOL, Renzo Gracie talked about ‘false claims’ about the Amazon fires:

“That gang of clowns only open their mouths to speak badly about our country,” Mr Gracie said, referring to Mr Macron. “”Of course many will be astonished, they will think I called him a female chicken because his manhood is questionable, but no. I’ve met many gays more manly than this imbecile.”

When pressed further, Renzo also commented on the looks of Macron’s wife Brigitte, who is 20 years older than the French president: