Riu Melo

Who is Riu Melo?

To start my story, let's go back a few years. I was born on June 7, 1989, in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. I am the youngest son of Fátima and Carlos, I have three brothers named Márcia, who is also my godmother, Marcelo and Priscila. However, I didn't grow up with my brothers. My mother had postpartum depression when she had her first child. Then she also had psychological problems, which she is treated to this day. So she gave my godmother to her boss. Marcelo and Priscila were taken care of by my grandmother, my mother's mother. My father was never very present. Being with my mother, he drank a lot and was full of women. When my mother went after him, he ended up hitting her. At 7 years old, he was already going to school alone and saw my cousins ​​and friends going with their parents and always thought he would like to have a family like that. When he stayed at home, he spent the afternoons playing with ants and cicadas, as he had no toys. These insects were very important in my life, they made me forget about the rest of things. Apparently my paternal family didn't like me very much. They said I wasn't my father's son, that I wouldn't be good, that I had bad blood. When I was little, I talked to God and always asked why I went through this. Sometimes without food, when my mother was unemployed, she always asked God for something better. When I was 13, I went to the beach to get cans. There was my first money earned. I decided to help my mother in House. Then I sold liquor and jackfruit on the street. As a teenager I also had a very good phase, which was when I started to attend the Nossa Senhora de Fátima Catholic Church. There, I met a group of young people, where I had one of the best experiences of my life, but as the saying goes, everything that is good, one day ends. The group broke up, but I gained a brother, Jeff, who is still in my life. As a teenager, I wanted to turn 18 soon to leave my family's backyard, where all of my father's relatives lived. I preferred to go back to live in the wattle and daub house, where I lived until I was 6 years old. Living in that backyard was hell. When I turned 18, I enlisted and served in the Army. One day, arriving at the Army, I opened my closet and found the bottle of pellets, which I bought when I was 15 years old, but I didn't have the courage to take it. I'm not proud of it, but at that moment, I wanted to disappear, to die. I think that's what I went through. I took the lead and ended up in the hospital. I remember well that before I passed out for good, my mother yelled at me in the hospital, saying it was his fault and I still had the strength to say it wasn't. I spent three months in the ICU, in the Army hospital. There, I could not receive visitors. My nephews and friends sent me letters that I keep to this day. I take it with me on all trips. When I feel like shit or a failure, I take these cards and they bring me peace. When I was discharged from the hospital and decided to move house, I left Niterói and went to Rio de Janeiro to share the rent with a friend. Soon after, he started dating and his boyfriend moved in with us. Was a friend. Soon after, he started dating and his boyfriend moved in with us. It was a fight all the time and I said I would never date a man, because I didn't want that for myself, I thought all couples were like that. So when I was discharged from the Army, I started looking for a job, and one day, on Ipanema beach, in mid-2008, a gringo stopped me and asked if I wanted to make films. I asked what kind of movie and he explained it to me. At first, I refused. He gave me his card and after two weeks I called. Lucky for me, he was still in Rio de Janeiro. That's when I shot my first movie. My nickname was Peter. So, I don't know how, but other producers got my cell number and called me. I also recorded it under the name Sebastian, until I got to Riu Melo. Of all the names, this is the one I like the most, I think it's cute. In my first movie, I took the money and bought things for my mom's kitchen, fridge, stove, stuff like that. The ones we had were all bad. My godmother asked how I got that money and I told the truth, I said I was making movies with other men. She told me that if I got involved in the wrong thing, she wouldn't go to jail to visit me. After a while, I took my DVD, with my recordings and showed it to my mother and godmother, because I always believed, and I believe to this day, that it is better they know for me than for others. I didn't want to date because I believed it would be a fight all the time and because of the life I've led with cinema. I can say, as I always said, that I never felt pleasure in recording. But one day, at the Copacabana Pride Parade, I realized I had a guy looking at me and I looked back. We initiate conversations and exchange contacts. So I ended up falling in love. I paid with the language, because I always said that I would never stay Riu Melo intends to go back to recording to help his mother who has cancer, and to pay for the studies they are about to graduate in nursing, if anyone has a contact just call him.

Mr Riu asked his ex who is now a good friend of his if he could write as he is a great writer

Kaio Phelipe who already has 3 books published which are, How to take care of a Sunflower, For a man resting by my side, There is no sin in the place where I came from

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