THEn these last few months there has been a lot of talk about the alleged (negative) influence that Melissa Satta would have exerted on the sporting performances of her boyfriend, the tennis player Matteo Berrettini. Now the showgirl has decided to respond to the accusations. She did it in Francesca Fagnani’s television lounge, a Beastson Rai Due.
Melissa Satta: «Every now and then you need to find the scapegoat»
In a few months Berrettini moved up the ATP rankings from sixth to 63rd place. An undoubtedly complex moment for the tennis player who, however, on a sentimental level is experiencing a real fairy tale together with Melissa Satta. In the past few months, many tennis fans lashed out against the showgirl, blaming her for her poor results.
«I am an exposed woman. Every now and then you need to find the scapegoat», Satta commented in this regard. Which she added, speaking of her boyfriend’s numerous extra-sporting commitments: «If someone is a 360 degree character, perhaps he also has duties to respect, towards sponsors, towards agreements. Professionalism is not excluded from anything else, that is, one must live.”
Melissa Satta and Francesca Fagnani in the “Belve” studio. Credit: Stefania Casellato
The reply to Paola Ferrari: «She’s a rose icon»
When Melissa Satta was called as a commentator at Sky Football Clubthe Rai journalist Paola Ferrari he had commented in this way. «Melissa’s function is to give substance to a trite stereotypeeven all those giggles when she took off her jacket… An old and disheartening scene».
The presenter of Beasts reported these words and asked Satta for comment. «This is a rose icon. What’s wrong with taking off your jacket? Does it take away a woman’s professionalism?».
With Elisabetta Canalis? «A fake rivalry»
During the interview with Beasts, Francesca Fagnani also cited an old statement from another famous former showgirl Strip the News, Elisabetta Canalis. She had said that Satta did everything to imitate her. «Did it happen?», Fagnani asked Satta.
«Don’t imitate us… Now I say something mean… But a few years pass between me and her. I was a little smaller. I love Eli. We are from good years apart, a few years have passed.”
And she added: «At the beginning I was little, I was 18 years old and I said “But why do they have to associate me with her? In the end I do my own thing, I have my own path, my own personality… We are different.” However then I realized that it could fit. It was also convenient publicly to create this fake rivalry».
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