Cristianofrom the duo with Zé Netotalked about the ultimatum he had to give his partner to continue their career. The countryman tells how the death of Marília Mendonça affected the health of his stage companion.
“The biggest problem, at first, was the electronic cigarette, which started to affect what he loved most, his voice. He didn’t even have a voice to speak. He didn’t have a voice to sing and he anesthetized himself with alcohol. He went on stage drunk, and, at the same time, treating his depression with medication. I had to make an ultimatum: ‘Either you stop drinking or the duo ends'”, he revealed, in an interview with the TV channel. Andre Piunti no YouTube.
“I said I couldn’t continue as I was. I didn’t want to be responsible for his death”, says Cristiano, who called a meeting to decide whether the pair would end for good or not. The option was for one, in the last three months of 2024.
After the hiatus, they . “In the beginning, people had no hope that Zé would recover. We came back, but with half our foot on the accelerator. We no longer need that madness at the beginning”, he assesses.
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