Editing Caetano Veloso (section)

== Personal life ==
Veloso married fellow Baiana and actress Andrea Gadelha (or Dedé) on 21 November 1967, in a ceremony that reflected the style of the counterculture era. Their son [[Moreno Veloso|Moreno]] was born on 22 November 1972. On 7 January 1979, their daughter Júlia was born 3 months premature; she died 11 days later.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jornalggn.com.br/musica/em-1979-a-morte-de-julinha-filha-de-caetano-e-dede/|title=Em 1979, a morte de Julinha, filha de Caetano e Dedé|first=Luis|last=Nassif|website=Jornalggn.com|date=9 January 2013}}</ref> Veloso separated from Dedé Veloso in 1983. In 1986 Veloso married Rio native [[:pt:Paula Lavigne|Paula Lavigne]], with whom he had two more sons, Zeca Lavigne Veloso, born 7 March 1992, and Tom Lavigne Veloso, born on 25 January 1997, in Salvador. Paula confirmed to Playboy magazine in 1998 that, "[Paula] was 13 years old when she lost her virginity to the musician, who was 40 years old at the time."<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://musica.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2017/10/22/paula-lavigne-fala-sobre-polemica-com-caetano-e-pede-fim-de-ataques-de-odio.htm|title=Mulher de Caetano fala sobre polêmica e pede fim dos ataques do MBL|website=Musica.uol.com.br}}</ref> Caetano has since been accused of [[pedophilia]], as having sex with Paula would be considered [[statutory rape]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=SBT |date=2023-11-28 |title=Paula Lavigne e Caetano: o que diz a lei sobre relação sexual com menores de 14 anos? |url=https://sbtnews.sbt.com.br/noticia/justica/267069-paula-lavigne-e-caetano-o-que-diz-a-lei-sobre-relacao-sexual-com-menores-de-14-anos |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=SBT News |language=pt-br}}</ref> This marriage lasted twenty years. After their separation in 2004, the two still worked together. In 2016, the couple reunited.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://revista.cifras.com.br/artigo/o-polemico-relacionamento-de-caetano-veloso-e-paula-lavigne | title=Chamado de pedófilo e aborto aos 16: O polêmico relacionamento de Caetano Veloso com a esposa, Paula Lavigne | date=6 September 2023 }}</ref> Veloso's 1989 CD ''Estrangeiro'' includes songs ("Esse Amor", which means "This Love", and "Branquinha") inspired by and dedicated to, respectively, his ex-wife Dedé and his wife at the time, Paula Lavigne.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caetanoveloso.com.br/biografia.php |title=Caetano Veloso |publisher=Official website |access-date=April 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530035227/http://caetanoveloso.com.br/biografia.php |archive-date=May 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/caetano-veloso/biografia |title=Caetano Veloso – Biografia – Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira |website=Dicionariompb.com.br |access-date=April 22, 2013 |archive-date=14 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114015146/http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/caetano-veloso/biografia |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gente.ig.com.br/caetanoveloso/#topoBiografia |title=Caetano Veloso: biografia, fotos, vídeos, notícias – iG |website=Gente.ig.com.br |access-date=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cinema.sapo.pt/pessoa/caetano-veloso/biografia |title=Caetano Veloso – Biografia – Pessoa – SAPO Cinema |website=Cinema.sapo.pt |access-date=April 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726010312/http://cinema.sapo.pt/pessoa/caetano-veloso/biografia |archive-date=July 26, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Veloso is one of the few public [[Atheism|atheist]] celebrities in Brazil. He was brought up in a religious [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] family but left the faith early on. In an interview Veloso stated that he did not like to "lie to his own intelligence" by believing in God.<ref name=paulopes/> In a separate interview Veloso generated controversy when he said that Brazil would be better off if most people in the country were to become irreligious or atheist.<ref>{{cite web|title=Caetano Veloso sobre o ateísmo|publisher=Diário de uns ateus|url=http://www.diariodeunsateus.net/2009/12/13/caetano-veloso-sobre-o-ateismo/|date=13 December 2009|access-date=7 March 2019|language=pt}}</ref> Despite this, two of Veloso's sons have become members of the neo-Pentecostal [[Universal Church of the Kingdom of God]], with Veloso attending his children's baptism, stating that "what is good for them is good for me."<ref name=paulopes>{{Cite web|title=Caetano Veloso, ateu famoso|url=https://www.paulopes.com.br/2012/01/caetano-veloso-ateu-famoso.html#.XIFox7gnYdU|date=5 January 2012|access-date=7 March 2019|language=pt|website=Paulopes.com.br}}</ref>

In 2022 Veloso talked about his [[bisexuality]] in a show commemorating his 80th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Caetano Veloso abre jogo sobre bissexualidade: "Uns caras" |url=https://natelinha.uol.com.br/famosos/2022/08/08/caetano-veloso-abre-jogo-sobre-bissexualidade-uns-caras-185690.php |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=NaTelinha |language=pt-br}}</ref>