By Francesca Hangeior
Brazilian football icon Kaka has broken his silence on his 2015 divorce after a rumoured claim made by his ex-wife.
Kaka, who married his childhood sweetheart Caroline Celico in 2005 while playing for AC Milan, recently addressed the split during a podcast interview reported by Spanish outlet Sport.
The couple, who share a son and daughter, ended their marriage after a decade together.
Reports surfaced last week suggesting that Celico attributed the breakup to Kaka being “too perfect” for her – however, Celico has debunked the reports.
Reacting, Kaka, 41, refuted this claim during the podcast, stating that he had done everything possible to prevent the separation.
He said: “In 2015 I was married, and my wife at the time decided she didn’t want to be married anymore.
“She said, ‘I’m not happy and I attribute my unhappiness to marriage’.
“I was living in the United States, and she asked to go back to Brazil.
“Her words were, ‘I want to go back to Brazil, I want to live there and I don’t want to be married anymore’.”