Marcello Antony got emotional while making a revelation about his son Francisco, who is now 18. The actor shared details about adopting the young man as a baby in 2003, and cried when he first spoke about his son being “seropositive.”
“Looking at Francisco changed my life. My psychologist at the time said it was like seeing him as a little reflection of myself that needed affection. My feeling was: ‘Where have you been all this time?’ he revealed to the podcast Papagaio fala by Sérgio Mallandro and Renato Rabelo.
“I never said that. I’m saying it now. He was HIV positive. He tested negative for me,” says Marcello with tears. “That’s why the doctor said, ‘Do you want to keep him? He could die at any moment.’ And I said, ‘He can die now, but he’s my son,'” the man who adopted the baby revealed to thenwife, actress Monica Torres.
Marcelo says the baby has grown strong and healthy and says without going into detail that the HIV virus is now undetectable in the child.
“I’ve never said that to anyone in my life. (…) I said: ‘This boy may die today or in 100 years, but he is my son. After he came to me, he had no more problems. (…) Basically love heals everything (…) “Today he is a healthy boy, strong, very loving, he teaches me a lot, I learn a lot from him and my other children”, added the actor , emotional: “Love is healed. It was a miracle that happened in his life,” Mallandro comforted.
The 57yearold actor said he took the baby home the first day he met him at an orphanage in Rio’s South Zone.
“I took him home, and he never left my life. (…) He was mestizo, he had many health problems, and nobody looked at him. He was always crying in his crib … In a month he was definitely my son,” he recalls.
Marcelo is the father of five children: two boys, 22yearold Lucas, 17yearold Lui from his wife’s first relationship, Carolina Antony; Lorenzo, 11 (from current marriage); Francisco, 19; and the eldest, Stephanie, 22, who was also adopted. “I love all my children,” he said.
Marcello Antony with Francisco Photo: Reproduction/Instagram 
Marcello Antony likes to be grabbed by his children: Louis, Stéphanie, Francisco, Lorenzo and Lucas Photo: Roberto Moreyra 
Marcelo Antony lives in Portugal with his wife and children Photo: Reproduction/Instagram 
With Lorenzo on his chest, Antony curls up on the laps of his other children, Louis, Francisco, Lucas, and Stéphanie. Photo: Roberto Moreyra / Agência O Globo
