First lady jumps into a lake within presidential villa to rescue her dog after it got stuck

BRAZILIAN first lady Marcela Temer leapt fully clothed into a lake at the presidential palace last month to rescue her pet dog after her Jack Russell named Picoly went after some ducks but struggled to get back out.

Marcela, 34, is a former beauty queen who remains fit and nimble and although the drama occurred on April 22, it only became public this week. Since it became public knowledge, she has been roasted on social media with Brazilian media and Twitter wits mocking Marcela's heroics, making the incident a top trending topic.

Given that her husband, Michel Temer, is the most unpopular president on record in Brazilian history, leftist blogger Leonardo Stoppa joked that Marcela’s aim was not to save the dog but the duck. In a Youtube broadcast, he said: “She despaired  because she saw one of Temer’s few voters.”

President Temer, who is more than four decades older than his wife and embroiled in multiple corruption investigations, took another hit from blogger Jose Simao, who tweeted: “Marcela’s dog tried to commit suicide! It couldn’t put up with Temer!”

Referencing comparisons between Temer and vampires, a jibe that took centre stage at this year’s Rio carnival, one tweeter said he was not surprised Marcela cared so much about animals. he wrote: “It’s obvious because she married a bat.”