What few people know about the relationship of Ney Matogrosso and Cazuza

The premiere of man with H no Netflix rekindled the public's interest in the trajectory of Ney Matogrosso – and among the subjects that repercussions again is the brief but intense, romance he lived with Cazuza. Ney Matogrosso and Cazuza lived an intense romance in the late 1970s. They met in 1979, when Cazuza was only 17 years old and Ney, 39, was already an icon of Brazilian music with the band Seco and Wet. Also read cinema the love story of Ney Matogrosso with a doctor who died of HIV celebrities student who played Ney Matogrosso will parade in the carnival of 2026 cinema the day Ney Matogrosso faced homophobic attack at UnB Cinema The forbidden romance lived by Ney Matogrosso in the military barracks

The relationship lasted about three months, but it was remarkable. In recent interviews, Ney recalled: “I was completely in love, but it was hard to live with the two Cazuzas that was in it. On the public side, it was aggressive, crazy, drunk and smelled a lot of powder. In intimacy, it was the opposite. It was one of the most charming people I met.”

7 ImagesClose modal.1 of 7Ney Matogrosso and Cazuza Reproduction2 of 7Jesuíta Barbosa and Ney Matogrosso@mancomh/Instagram/Reproduction3 of 7Ney Matogrosso with Smir Filho on set @smirfilho/instagram/reproduction4 of 7esmir Son in the filming of man with h@smirfilho/instagram/reproduction5 of 7Jullio Reis as Cazuza in the performance of the time not for@marinavancini/instagram/reproduction6 of 7Cazuza and Ney Matogrosso in Movie Man with H@marinavancini/Instagram/Reproduction7 of 7jesuit being prepared to enter the scene@smirfilho/instagram/reproduction The end of dating, according to Ney, was troubled. “Once, he disappeared for four days and appeared in my dirty house, stinking, with a drug dealer. We argued, and Cazuza spat at me. Then I slapped his face and sent him go.” Despite the break, the two continued nearby for over a decade. Ney says sex is over, but the affection remained: “We follow friends, loving ourselves, but without sex.” The dating was brief, but the friendship and admiration between two of the biggest names in Brazilian music resisted time and pain.

Until the last days of Cazuza, who died in 1990 as a result of AIDS, Ney Matogrosso was present. “When he was already very sick, I went to his house just to massage him.”