He is a football legend who scored 12 goals in 14 World Cup matches. As for the number of affair, he himself can't count. Now, at the age of 80, the ball king Bailey has revealed his private life. Even though he has had many extramarital affairs, he said that he has always been honest and never lies.
In a recent Netflix documentary about Pele, the Brazilian hero who has had three marriages admitted that he has many children, and some children have never met him. He said: "To be honest, I have had several affair, and some (girls) gave birth to me, but I didn't know until later."
Pele has 7 children in total, including Sandra -Machado, even though the court made a ruling in 1996, Bailey always refused to recognize her as his daughter.
His five children, 54-year-old Kelly, 50-year-old Edinho, 42-year-old Jennifer, 24-year-old twins Joshua and Celeste, all come from Bailey's first two marriages.
And Sandra, who died of cancer in 2006, came from an extramarital relationship between Bailey and his maid Anesia. In addition, Bailey had an extramarital affair with the female journalist Lenita Kurtz in 1968, and their daughter Flavia is now 52 years old.
Bailey and his first wife
In this documentary, Bailey also revealed that he had told his girlfriend and wife about the cheating. He said: "My first wife , The first girlfriend, she knows about this. I never lie."
In this Netflix movie called "Pele", Pele moves his steps carefully so that it is difficult to make people feel Convinced, he was once the football superman.
Now he has been suffering from health problems, including hip surgery, prostate disease and so on. However, even now, Bailey still believes that the "contagious smile" in the previous TV shots is the best advertisement for the sport of football.
Pele recalled how it was when he went to the World Cup for the first time.There were some Swedes in the area who had never seen a black person. After seeing Pele, a Swedish girl began to rub his skin to see if it would fall off. This incident seemed to open up Bailey's second line of Ren Du to attract the opposite sex.
Bailey and his second wife
Bailey said: "After that World Cup, I can't go out. Wherever I go, there will be many people coming towards me." But his first Ren’s wife was very strict. Bailey recalled: “At that time, we were not ready to get married. I married her because I knew her when I was very young. I liked her very much. But the passion of being in love , We don’t have it.”
Their son Edinho was sentenced to 12 years in prison for drug trafficking charges in 2017. Bailey's first marriage ended in 1982, and it was not until 1994 that he entered the marriage hall again. No one knows how many angels Bailey has encountered in these 12 years.
Bailey and his current wife
Currently, Bailey is living with his wife Marcia, 32 years younger than him, in a seaside mansion near Sao Paulo. Nowadays, due to health reasons, he almost never shows up in public. The precious images preserved on the stadium in those years will be cherished by the fans forever.
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