Brandão Jönsson participated together with chef Jennie Walldén in a panel on "Sunday in P4" that gave listeners advice on various dilemmas. A woman wondered what she should do to make her husband better in bed.
After initially suggesting that the couple visit a sexologist, Brandão Jönsson advised the woman to send her husband to Copenhagen and pay for sex.
That's what you do in Brazil to learn, and in Spain, said Henrik Brandão Jönsson.
These men have low self-esteem, they need help. It's not controversial to say in Brazil, but it's extremely controversial in Sweden, explained Henrik Brandão Jönsson, who has lived in Brazil for 25 years.
Apologizes
Now he regrets his statement.
I want to apologize so terribly much, he says to Dagens Nyheter.
He is also asked if he thinks the solution he proposes is suitable.
No, I absolutely don't think so, answers Brandão Jönsson and admits that he understands why people take offense.
Absolutely. There are so many women, children, men, and boys who are harmed by human trafficking. I think it's terribly disgusting and understand why people get upset, he says.
"Dumb in the head"
Program host Farah Abadi reacted strongly to his suggestion of buying sex, which is illegal in Sweden.
Are you completely dumb in the head, she exclaimed and then asked him to leave the panel.
I don't think it's okay to tip someone to go and buy sex in Denmark, said Farah Abadi.
Henrik Brandão Jönsson is the Latin America correspondent for Dagens Nyheter. The newspaper's editor-in-chief Peter Wolodarski says that he will talk to Henrik Brandão Jönsson.
I refrain from commenting further until we've done that, he says to DN.
