In 2019, Mafalda Rodiles decided to return to Portugal following her separation from Brazilian director Edgard Miranda, to whom she had been married for seven years. 

The actress's ex-husband, who is also the director of the soap opera 'Cacau' on TVI, gave an interview to Manuel Luís Goucha this Friday, May 3, in which he spoke about the divorce.

Edgard assures that they still liked each other a lot when they separated, but that he made a mistake when he dedicated himself too much to work.

"The worst scene of my life was perhaps going to the airport to say goodbye to that woman and my two children. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy", he said.

In the interviewee's view, the separation happened because "he fell into the director's cliché", noting that he did not understand Mafalda when she became a mother for the second time. 

Since the artist was dedicating herself mainly to her children at that time, Edgard confesses that he felt that he had become "secondary" and that he was not important in his then-partner's life.

Coming to Portugal and the court proceedings 

In 2023, Edgard Miranda came to Portugal to work on the TVI soap opera. The move allowed him to be close to his children, so he had the opportunity to see Mel and Martim practically every weekend. 

If at first, the relationship with Mafalda was positive, the two came to have a "disagreement" over the children's alimony. "There was a disagreement, because I saw that the values practiced here in Portugal are much lower than in Brazil. I tried to adjust this. We went to court", he reveals, noting that the proceedings ended recently, after a year. 

With everything now resolved at a judicial level, Edgard hopes that one day he will be able to have a friendly relationship with Mafalda Rodiles, especially for the sake of their children. 

Currently in a relationship with Gustavo Santos, Mafalda and the writer had a son together, baby António.

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