FErnanda Lessaformer model and Brazilian DJ, chose Portugal as a new home For two years, chasing the dream of an actress career after an experience with the director Marco Risi. «I love Italy. I will never stop loving her, “he tells the Corriere della Sera, explaining that his is not an escape, but an opportunity to reinvent himself. His two daughtersborn from the relationship with Davide “Boosta” Dileo dei Subsonica, remain in Turin to complete the high school: “They are becoming great, this year there was the dance of the debutants”.
Fernanda Lessa and motherhood
Being a mother was not easy for Fernanda. The first pregnancy was “a nightmare”: “The body that no longer belongs to you, the hormones, the hair that falls … I was raised when it was over”. The loss of his first child, Joaquìn, marks a painful chapter of his life. «He would have turned 24 in May. It is my guardian angel, “he confides, revealing that he often concerns a video of him in intensive care. The tragedy brought to light a congenital cardiac malformation: “Joaquìn was born with my own malformation, it is thanks to him that they found it and I was operated on”. The cardiologist told her that without that intervention she would not arrive at thirty years. “My son saved me.”
Love and family, pillars of rebirth
Today Fernanda lives a stable love story with her husband Luca, known in Turin during a DJ set. “When I saw it the first time it was as if it were illuminated from above,” he recalls. Their relationship, which began after months of courtship, culminated in marriage in 2017. Luca was fundamental in his healing path: «It was my savior. Without him I would not have made it».
Even with the former partner Boosta, father of his daughters, the relationship is serene: «Luca and Davide are very complicit. Two are organized “for the management of the girls.
Fernanda Lessa, the fight against bipolarism and alcoholism
Fernanda does not hide her personal battles. “I wasn’t fine, I didn’t like it,” he admits, telling his past of alcohol abuse, used to “fill a void” linked to bipolarism. In 2015 he was self-international in a clinic: “They did not understand my psychiatric problem, they brought everything back to alcoholism», He says. Thanks to Luca and to competent therapists, he understood that alcohol was a way to soothe his pathology. A relapse in 2022, after the suicide of a friend and a panic attack during Lockdown, pushed him to drink again, but today Fernanda is sober: “It is the first time in my life that I love me. And if one thing hurts me, I eliminate it ».
His message is clear: “To the people who are passing these moments I say: you are not alone, you can do it. Today I live a healthy life, I am married, I am a mother, I work, I live in front of the sea, I have two dogs adopted. Guys, everything will be fine ».
The past as a model: successes and bullying
Fernanda remembers the golden years as a model, A whirlwind between Milan, Paris and New York, but also a hard world: “The real bullies are there”, he says, referring to the fierce criticism received, such as When they said to her “you’re ugly like a cashier” or “you have a monkey nose”. Despite the difficulties, that period gave her significant encounters, such as the one with Christian Vieri, “a teddy bear” with which he shared laughter, or Adrien Brody, to whom “I broke his heart” running away from a relationship that at 18 years old seemed too demanding.
A message of hope
Today Fernanda lives in front of the sea, with a new self -awareness: “To the Fernanda at that time I would say: ask for help and learn to love you “. Its history, made of falls and climbing, is an invitation to resilience, an example of how pain can be transformed into force.