DIt’s difficult to lose weight when you love good food: you know it well Ricky Memphis, That he lost thirty kilos starting from one hundred. Not a small achievement when it comes to Healtheven if the actor is certain that sooner or later he will regain what he has lost. He himself spoke about his relationship with weight during an interview with Corriere della Seraeven joking about it a bit: «As soon as I see the results I say: “Well, now let me eat it”.
Ricky Memphis and his relationship with the scale
The actor, who we will soon see again on TV with The Cesaroni – The return, which tells the story of the Roman family who greeted the fans in 2014, does not deny some excess: «I drink too much and eat too much. Then I go on a diet and fail”but it is much more disciplined than in the past. Thanks to his children, Francesco, 20, and Maria, 13. Since they have been around – he assures – he has only gotten drunk once: “I don’t want to be seen like this.” And again: «I would like to be perfect, but they know what I am. I tell him not to drink or smoke because I did. Drugs? Never those.”
Ricky Memphis has lost thirty kilos. He has a complicated relationship with Libra because he loves food (IPA).
The most private side of the Roman actor
During the interview, Ricky Memphis, stage name of Riccardo Fortunati, also revealed some unpublished anecdotes, starting with his name. His father, who he defines as a “fascist”, wanted to call him Benito, while his mother liked Riccardo. In the end they decided to rely on fate, writing those two names on ten notes. «He cheated: on nine notes he wrote Benito”, recalled Memphis, but his mother’s choice was rewarded: «A sign of destiny. But he still called me Benito.”
The death of the father, a source of insecurity
The actor’s father is died in a road accident when he was just 4 years old. An absence that, as he grew up, marked him greatly. «As a child I didn’t seem to miss it. As I grew up I found myself more and more insecure. The strength of a male figure would have been useful to me.” It is also the fault of an important responsibility: «When my mother said: “Now you are the head of the family” I felt anxious. For me the world has become a war.” Because of that loss, Ricky Memphis has always feared cars: «I was scared, they seemed dangerous, lethal. I was convinced that I would die at the same age as dad, in an accident.” And it is for this reason that he got his driving license as an adult, after reaching the age his father was when he passed away.
Ricky Memphis, a real shy guy
Very shy, Ricky Memphis he gained confidence thanks to his workbut there are situations that bring out that trait of himself, like when he meets Francesco Totti, who for him remains the captain of his favorite team. Among friends, too Raoul Bova, which he has always frequented. Of him, and of the scandal of private audio made public, he says: «I don’t think anything and I don’t say anything. Just that the infamy of the people no longer has boundaries.”