DIte the combative tone and the controversies that have always accompanied him, Vittorio Sgarbi He lived months of silence and fragility. After the resignation from Undersecretary to Culture, the art critic tells the Corriere della Sera to have known the hardest side of the depression, with a refusal of the food that brought it to anorexia And to life risk. “I had no more desires, not even to eat», He confesses. To keep him alive was the‘love of his partner Sabrina Colle: «He saved my life. And now the bridegroom ».
Vittorio Sgarbi: Greeting exceeded, now I get married
Sgarbi admits that he found himself in a condition of total closure towards the world: «I didn’t want anything anymore. Even food was repeated to me. ” The weight loss led him to several hospitalizations, with drug therapies and forced nutrition. “I reached 59 kilos, I was very weak», He recalls, explaining how the disease had deprived him not only of physical strength, but also of the will to live.
Sabrina Colle’s support
In this painful path, the presence of Sabrina Colle was decisive. The partner has never left him alone and today he will become his wife. “Sabrina saved my life. With his love. And now the groom», Reiterates the critic, announcing imminent wedding in Venice.
Divided family
If on the one hand there is love, on the other there were no lack of family contrasts. His daughter Evelina asked for her interdiction, A gesture that Sgarbi calls “incomprehensible”. The other daughter, Alba, defended him with “nobility”, while his son Carlo chose not to take a position.
The strength of art as a refuge
In the most difficult period, art also supported it. Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi and Piero della Francesca represented for him models of resistance and timeless beauty: «I had to resist the suffering», He explains, remembering how artistic creation can transform pain into hope.
The wedding in Venice
The new beginning for Sgarbi and Colle will be sealed in Venice, in the church of the Madonna dell’Orto, among the masterpieces of Tintoretto. “That place is special, there are extraordinary works», Says the critic, who dreams of returning to writing and dedicating himself to the theater soon.
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