Father of Marília Mendonça’s son talks about the singer’s death: ‘Chest pain’

The ex-boyfriend of Marília Mendonça (1995-2021), Murilo Huff, 26, spoke for the first time after the singer’s death in a plane crash this Friday (6). The singer and composer thanked everyone for their solidarity and informed that the son he had with the artist, Léo, who is almost two years old, is doing well.

“I still don’t have words that can express the pain I feel in my chest right now, but I’m here to thank you for all the messages of support and concern for me and Leo, and to ask for your prayers for our family and for the family of the other victims. Léo is fine, thank God,” he shared on Instagram Stories this Saturday morning (6).

The relationship between Marília and Huff was marked by comings and goings, but also by respect and friendship. In July 2020, when the couple announced their first separation, the singer denied rumors of betrayal and praised her former partner. “He’s a very respectful guy, I’m very proud to have my son with him. He’s a good guy, a fighter, a fighter, from his family,” she wrote on social media at the time.

On the same day, Huff also spoke: “Marília and I are fine with each other”, he wrote. “We always respect each other a lot and I’m very proud of her, of having had and creating an eternal bond with her, who is our son,” he added. “I am extremely grateful for every minute of life she shared with me over these years. The respect will continue between us forever.”

The couple resumed their relationship in November of the same year, but broke up again. In September, after confirming a new breakup, the sertaneja asked for respect and again said that she had been very happy with Huff.

“Behind two singers, there are three lives. Remember that. If there’s a true story, it’s that we were very happy and tried everything, we gave it our best. And that’s honorable. Now let’s go on in peace. I’m so grateful to this relationship for everything,” he wrote.

“Respect the people. Respect the endings. Respect the motives. That’s all! Respect how you would like to be respected,” she concluded.

Marília, known as the queen of suffering and one of the greatest voices in contemporary Brazilian music, died at the age of 26 this Friday afternoon. The information was confirmed by the Fire Department of Minas Gerais in a note sent to the press.

The singer was one of five victims of a plane crash that fell into a mountain range in Piedade de Caratinga, 309 kilometers from Belo Horizonte. The artist had a concert scheduled for the date in Caratinga, about ten kilometers from the accident site.

The fall occurred around 3pm. At first, it was not known if it was the singer who was on board the aircraft. It was the twin-engine resemblance seen in a video she’d shared on Instagram two hours earlier that sparked the doubt. In a comical tone, the publication showed Mendonça embarking and eating.