The “Celo” of the Paquitos team, which won the stages of “Xou da Xuxa”, was successful not only among fans of the Rainha dos Baixinhos program. As late as the 90s, Marcello Faustini had a romance with actress Deborah Secco. Although the advertisement lasted a few months, it even made the cover of a magazine.
2 of 4 The couple lived out their romance during the actress’ youth Photo: Disclosure The couple lived out their romance during the actress’ youth Photo: Disclosure
Marcello and Deborah illustrated a cover of Carícia magazine at the time. “Deborah and Marcello, Madly in Love” was the title of the publication. The pair also starred together in the Leo Lamawritten and directed play Videoclip Blues.
In the podcast “Papagaio Falante” with Sérgio Mallandro and Renato Rabelo, the former Paquito also said that at the time of the program “Xou da Xuxa” he was also with the Paquita and currently with the actress Bianca Rinaldi at the same time as “Claudinho”, as Cláudio Heinrich was dating Letícia Spiller.
3 of 4 Group of “Xou da Xuxa” Paquitos — Photo: Disclosure Group of “Xou da Xuxa” Paquitos — Photo: Disclosure
In the chat, Marcelo also recalls how magazine covers were a showcase for his career. “These magazines produced a lot of debutante balls, that was our biggest commercial for the balls,” he said.
The former Paquito, who currently works as a singer, was the only one on the team to attend the premiere of the series Xuxa, o Documentary, which premiered last Thursday (16) on Globoplay. In the networks where he shared special moments from the trip to the event, which took place in a mall in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Faustini also shares singing videos.
After his stint as Paquito, he also appeared in Rede Globo productions such as Malhação, Kubanacan, and Amor à vida. Recalling the beginning of his career, the singer shared in an interview with the channel Joana Di Carso that he was randomly chosen to take part in the selection of the Paquitos. At a newsstand, he was approached by a member of Xuxa’s team and said, “You look like a Paquito!”
In the same chat, he also said that he was the first Paquito to be chosen. After that, three more boys joined the team and finally the last member was chosen to form the group, which also included Xandi, Robson, Claudio and Gigio.
4 of 4 Standing: Xande, Rob and Celo; below: Gigio and Claudinho Photo: Disclosure standing: Xande, Rob and Celo; below: Gigio and Claudinho Photo: Disclosure
In social networks, Faustini keeps thanking Xuxa for starting her career and always honors her when she can. In a 2019 publication, the presenter explained: “Today is the day of that enlightened person who has a star and a shine of her own. Congratulations, Queen.”
The shy singer revealed in an interview that he believes working as Paquito saved him from extreme introspection. “You freed me from years of analysis, because I don’t even know if analysis would force me to lose this shyness as it was. I lost her.” [a timidez] go, debut…”.