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UFC veteran Antonio Carlos Junior discusses his Tourette’s, anxiety while winning over fans on Big Brother Brazil

Former UFC fighter, and PFl heavyweight tournament winner, Antonio Carlos Junior is currently a housemate on Big Brother Brazil, one of Brazil’s most watched television series. During the show, which airs live and has viewers vote for their favourite housemates, ‘Shoeface’ has won over legions of fans.

Junior has done this through both being extremely likeable and for being open about aspects of his life that he had previously been able to keep hidden. Specifically, Junior has disclosed what it’s been like for him living with Tourette’s Syndrome (a condition he shares with the writer of this article).