Dfter the success of the first two episodes, a new appointment returns this evening at 9.20pm on Rai 1 BeastsFrancesca Fagnani’s program made up of biting and ironic interviews to protagonists of entertainment, politics and customs. Tonight’s guests Stefania Nobile, Federico Fashion Style and Emma Bonino.
Beasts 2023Stefania Nobile
After the success, and related controversies, of the documentary Wanda broadcast a few months ago by Netflix, Wanna Marchi’s daughter returns to have her say. With his usual rebellious character and not inclined to dialectics, In fact, Stefania Nobile spoke about the methods that she and her mother used to attract customers and Fagnani asks her if they have never thought of being offensive towards female viewers, using words and epithets that are not exactly tender. «We were not offensive but realistic. Do we want to say that they are beautiful? We put them in front of the mirror».
Regarding the process instead – which saw them sentenced to almost six years in prison –, Nobile declares «They weren’t interested in arresting two people who did this, they were interested in arresting Wanna Marchi because it’s news, it’s different. They put handcuffs on our wrists after only two months of investigation, immediately. Not even for a serial rapist they move like this”
Stefania Nobile and Francesca Fagnani at “Belve 2023”. (Stefania Casellato)
The former TV hustler also tells excerpts about her private life and the episode of the double wedding in Miami on the same day as her mother «It was right because a newspaper gave us fifty million each to have the wedding, this is the truth. We had the wedding with the awareness that if we didn’t write it down here it was worth nothing. Marriage is real, in the state of Florida I am married”
The clash with Francesca Fagnani
It was inevitable that, in a heated discussion like the one in the journalist’s office, the main focus was on the scams that Wanna Marchi and Stefania Nobile perpetrated against people desperate for money. AND, at a certain point, the tone becomes heated when Nobile states «One person wins in the Italian Lottery, so what about the others? Aren’t they idiots?”. Fagnani responds by saying “They don’t go into tobacconists and there is the threat of the evil eye.” Triggering phrase yet another defense of the TV scammer «There was no threat from us either, if I tell her that she has the evil eye and ask her for a certain amount of money, if she gives it to me she’s an idiot, if she puts down the phone she’s smart. Enough with the disadvantaged.”
Wanna Marchi and her daughter Stefania Nobile in the Court of Milan. (HANDLE)
The presenter then invites her to leave the word “enough” to the others, a request which Nobile rejects the sender. “There were some naive people, but most people were fragile” insists Fagnani, “It’s not that I have to cater for other people’s naivety” replies Nobile who doesn’t let go at all. Continuing to defend his position.
Emma Bonino and her recovery from cancer
One of the most important figures in Italian politics, the former secretary of the Radical Party tells her story in a new way in Francesca Fagnani’s studio. Addressing topics at 360° as she had never done in the past. And, speaking of the many people who have accused her of having a strong political ambition, the parliamentarian replies «Does it seem like a crime to you that women have an ambition? I have moved forward and will continue to do so as long as my strength lasts, I hope for a long time.” Then announcing, to everyone’s joy, «I want to give you some good news: I am cured of the tumor. I still have to have a confirmatory CT scan, but after eight years this unwanted microcytoma is gone.”
Bonino then also says something about her relationship with Marco Pannella, former head of the Radical Party and mentor of the parliamentarian. A political partnership that broke up a few years before the death of the charismatic politician. «It was a one-sided break on his part» Bonino confesses excitedly «I never understood the reasons or maybe it hurt me so much that I absolutely wanted to turn the page and think about something else». When asked if she would have liked to tell him something that she didn’t have time to tell him, the politician replies «Yes, I wanted to ask him: “What’s wrong with you?” But what do you think?”, he once said that I was a loyal bureaucrat, well».
During the interview, the senator she also speaks from her childhood spent with her peasant family in the Piedmont countryside, she says that her political vocation was born from the traumatic experience of abortion (which led her to join the Radical Party) and when asked if there are any “wild beasts” that she claims or regrets, Bonino reveals «I have received wild beasts for that matter! I can’t forget Carlo Calenda’s sudden slap. He left his mark on me because on August 2nd I had signed an agreement written by him and on August 7th, in Lucia Annunziata’s broadcast, he warns that in fact he can’t stand it and is leaving with Matteo Renzi.” And when Fagnani teases her by saying that she also ended badly with Renzi, Emma Bonino closes with «Whoever does it, wait for it!»
Emma Bonino and Francesca Fagnani at “Belve 2023”. (Stefania Casellato)
Beasts 2023Federico Fashion Style talks about his homosexuality
Famous hairdresser, hair stylist and star of the Real Time program The hall of wonders, Federico Lauri (his real name) told Francesca Fagnani about himself like never before. Especially about him being gay, which until last year he always forcefully denied also seen the marriage and the birth of a daughter.
Federico Fashion Style at “Belve 2023”. (Stefania Casellato)
«I think my wife Letizia had always been aware of my homosexuality and always imagined it. I believe that if a husband comes home dressed in sequins, a woman begins to ask herself questions. But maybe maybe it was good for her too.” To then continue, on the discovery of her sexual orientation, «In my opinion, people are born homosexualperhaps since I was little I felt different from the others, because I loved doing girls’ hair while the others played boys’ games.”
On the other hand, the relationship with his daughter Sophie Maelle, suffered and complicated due to the less than civil relationship with his ex-wifethe hair stylist confides «It’s not that I don’t see it but in my opinion the opportunities are too few. For me that little girl is the reason for living, I believe there is nothing more than her. I am a particular father; I can be a father, I can be a mother, I can be his best friend. I live for her». Federico Fashion Style also talked about the eating disorders he suffered from as a teenager «I thought 110 kilos. I was little and I hid inside myself eatingit was my only outlet.”
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