Luciano Xavier talks about his current relationship with Xuxa and recalls the turbulent end 16 years ago: “We broke the stick”

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– My son came to me and said that he wanted to become an actor. So a friend of mine is writing a play for me to do with him in the second half of 2026. My 11 year old wants to start and I would love to. For me, one of the best things I did in my life was the film with Sasha (“Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha”, 2009). It is something that lasts forever.

After Sasha’s birth, from his relationship with Xuxa, he became a father again after 15 years. David, from 2013, and Mikael, from 2015, are the result of his marriage to businesswoman Lohana Meloni. They have been together since 2011.

Xavier has just finished filming “Asfalto” directed by Andre Louis, in which he plays the villain. He says he misses soap operas:

– It’s great (doing a TV series). He joked that when we’re there, we complain, but when it’s over we miss it. Maybe I’ll come back. The daily recording work is a lot of fun. I am passionate about theatre, which I think is what I love most, but I have been missing television for many years.

He will return to television on Tuesday (18), but this time behind the stove. Xavier is a participant in the first season of the group’s “Celebrity Masterchef” show. He says that recording the program sparked a desire to continue studying cooking:

– They told me that one of the requirements is that you don’t have to actually know how to cook. It was a basic or nothing thing. I said: “If there is nothing, I will win” (laughs). I wanted to travel through an area outside my comfort zone. After thinking for a long time, I said, “I’m willing to face it.” But my daughter joked: “In 27 years I haven’t had a sandwich anymore, what are you going to do there?” My baby chased me away. It was so much fun, I couldn’t stop. Next year I plan to take some courses with my wife.

Xavier also began venturing into the world of literature and released his first book, “Please Give Me Fifteen More Minutes,” in which he talks about being stuck between life and death between 2021 and 2022 after contracting the Coronavirus:

-I never thought of writing a book, I thought I didn’t have enough content. But I went through a lot of trouble. Everyone was sure that I would not survive. I’ve been through a lot, had five hospitalizations, spent 150 days total in the hospital, had a cardiac arrest, had 90% of my heart taken, had a blood clot, woke up with a colostomy bag in my stomach, had intestinal bleeding and pulmonary hypoxia. When you’re in bed, you’re not thinking about your bank account, getting a promotion, or landing a starring role in a soap opera. You just want to kiss your mother, your wife, kiss your children, see your parents, your siblings and your best friends, that’s all. Basically, the message of the book is that you don’t need to go through great loss, or near death to realize that every second of your life is a miracle.

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After being separated from Xuxa, Sasha’s father, for 16 years, the actor today speaks about his relationship with the presenter. They first broke up during Sasha’s pregnancy, and the relationship continued on and off until 2009. Today, they maintain a cordial relationship:

– Like any ex-couple, when we broke up, we had some friction, but we had a lot of common sense. Even at the height of our fight, when we broke up badly, I had the key to the house. There was never this thing about being with my daughter on the weekend or every 15 days. Unfortunately, sometimes when mom and dad fight, they end up throwing the child in the middle. She never turned me against my daughter. This is something I always talk about. It was ridiculous common sense. I don’t know what it’s like to not live with a child. It must be really bad.