William Levy And Maite Perroni Relationship: What Actually Happened
They met on set of the 2009 Televisa telenovela La Que No Podia Amar (The Woman Who Couldn't Love). William Levy played the male lead, Mateo Camargo, and Maite Perroni played the female lead, Jimena. The show was a huge ratings hit across Latin America and became one of Televisa's more profitable exports of that era. Chemistry between the two was immediate and well-documented, not just by fans but by producers who leaned into it heavily during promotion. They started dating publicly around late 2009 or early 2010. Before that, both were already established in the industry. Perroni had fame from RBD, the hugely successful teen pop group turned soap opera franchise. Levy was a Cuban-American actor breaking into the Mexican market. Their relationship was one of the most covered celebrity romances in Latin America at the time. They kept things relatively private despite being public figures. No drama, no public breakups, no messy Instagram statements. That discipline probably contributed to the relationship lasting as long as it did. They had their first child, a daughter named Orea, in January 2013. A second child, a son named Gael, was born in August 2015. The couple announced their separation in late 2017 or early 2018. The exact date people cite varies depending on which Spanish-language outlet you trust, but it was somewhere around that window. They never gave a detailed public explanation for the split.
One thing worth noting that most pop sites gloss over: they managed co-parenting publicly without making it ugly. There were no custody battles reported in the press, no mutual blame campaigns. They appeared together at events related to their children's milestones on occasion. That level of post-split decency is genuinely uncommon in this space, and it suggests either genuine maturity or at minimum a professional understanding of how to protect the kids from tabloid exposure. Levy has since dated other people, including actress Carolina Dieckmann, and Perroni has pursued her music and acting career independently. She released solo music, starred in additional telenovelas, and maintained a public presence that didn't revolve around her romantic life. Levy continued acting in both telenovelas and English-language projects. Neither has spoken extensively about what went wrong in a way that would satisfy gossip media. Their story is pretty standard for this genre of celebrity romance: meet on set, date publicly, have kids, separate quietly. The part that stands out is how little damage was done to either of their careers or to their children's privacy. A lot of high-profile Latin American couples don't manage that outcome.
