Understand why Cleo became Cleo Pires again after eight years: ‘I woke up crazy’

After eight years signing only with the first name, Cleo Pires decided to use the maternal surname again. The actress and singer, daughter of Gloria Pires and Fábio Jr., said that the new change had to do with a dream she had with her maternal grandfather, Antonio Carlos Pires.

The revelation was given by Maya Massafera on social networks. “[Ela] He returned to Pires, “said the influencer in a video in which he appears next to his friend.” I came back because I had a very important dream, “confirmed Cleo.

She then explained what happened. “I dreamed of my grandfather, Antonio Carlos Pires, who was an actor too,” he said. “He wrote saucer in the sand. And I saw. Meanwhile, he was saying, ‘It’s your ancestry. You have to carry your ancestry.'”

After that, the artist decided that she needed to resume the maternal surname. “I woke up crazy,” he said. “I sent [mensagem] For everyone, I said, ‘Guys, the Pires will come back now’. “

The artist’s full name is Cleo Pires Ayrosa Galvão, but professionally she never used the paternal surnames. Despite having started her career with her mother’s “Pires” in 2017, she decided to abandon him and use only the first name.

“I always wanted to be just Cleo because I always found my name unique,” he explained. “Since when I imagined my artist, I imagined only Cleo. Pires was a tribute to my family, my mother, especially.”

Cleo even corrected a RedeTV reporter! who called her “Cleo Pires” during an interview at this year’s Carnival. “It’s just Cleo,” he said after being introduced with the surname. The scene went viral on social networks.

Antonio Carlos Pires (1927-2005), who began his career as a humorist on the radio, migrated to television in the early 1950s. He became known mainly as Joselino Barbacena from “Teacher Raimundo’s school”.