Rebeca Andrade denies engagement and clarifies romance: ‘Nobody came to ask’

Rebecca Andrade (23), young gymnast who led the presentation of favela dance in sport for the world, surprised Brazil with the news of her supposed engagement with the bodybuilder Luiz Cleiton. In an interview with CARAS Brazilthe athlete confirmed that she was never engaged to her beloved, and that a post on Instagram was responsible for triggering the news that circulated on the internet.

“We are not engaged! It was just an engagement ring, he made it as a joke. But then everyone, all the media thought we were engaged, but no one came to ask me or him directly if it was an engagement. Then everyone spoke and I said: ‘Well, nobody asked me anything, it’s going to stay like this’. When he actually asks me to get engaged, I’ll post: ‘Guys, I got engaged’. Even because I didn’t post anything myself, and of course if I had an engagement proposal I would post something, for God’s sake!“, guaranteed Rebecca Andrade.

In December 2022, Rebeca Andrade shared a story on Instagram of her and her boyfriend’s hand with the rings, without mention of engagement or marriage. “Super Special Christmas! It was worth waiting for you, my ‘gift from God’, my ‘golden rosemary’ hahaha. I said it in Tokyo and I’ll say it again: Del Valle is juice, it’s soft and Vapo“, said the publication.

The young gymnast, who is only 23 years old, has been dating the engineer, bodybuilder and also athlete, Luiz Cleiton, since 2022. Despite living a solid romance, which was even celebrated with an engagement ring, Rebeca Andrade has no plans to get married. to marry at the moment, and only keeps the certainty that he wants the union in the future.

“I don’t know if I want to party, but I want to get married. I want to live together, live together, build my family. But there is still a lot of ground to cover, I still want to graduate, I want to spend Paris 2024, there are many things, so dating is at the right time in my life. It has to be one step at a time. People are enjoying themselves a lot“, explained Rebeca Andrade.