«NoI never thought I’d get to this age.” It is a shocking tale that released by baby to Sunday In. Interviewed by Mara Venier in his Sunday afternoon program on Rai 1, the singer, real name Enzo Ghinazzi, spoke of a particular episode of her life: in 1989 he had decided to call it quits due to his gambling debts.
Pupo and gambling addiction
Pupo was only 14 years old when he started gambling. An addiction that lasted for years that has always breathed at home because his father, Fiorello Ghinazzi, was a player. “He was a sweet and generous man, like all players, but weak and gave in to the game” said the singer of unforgettable hits such as Chocolate ice cream And About us. «My mother despaired for years because first her husband and then her son fell into the clutches of a demon” has explained. Then recounting in detail what happened that night in early 1989 when she decided that her life had to end.
Close to suicide
«I was returning from the casino in Venice, I was full of debts and problems. There was no future, it was all dark. I stopped on the viaduct which divides Emilia from Tuscany and I parked the Jaguar» he said. Pointing out: «Being desperate I had to prove I was rich and I went around in the Jaguar, but I couldn’t afford it. It was smoke and mirrors.” Then the words about that moment that he never told on TV: «I parked and got out to finish it off. It was all narrow on the street. In that moment a truck passed and caused such a shift of air that my car moved too. I was moved by the passage of the truck and, at that moment, I was awakened from the torpor and forgetfulness into which I had fallen. I woke up and thought, “What am I doing?”. I got back in the car and went home.”
The rebirth and the message: «You can get out of it»
A dramatic story, that of Pupo. But that the singer has decided to share for a very specific reason: in his story there is a happy ending and he is the example that one can get out of gambling addiction. In fact, a few months after the episode, «Gianni Boncompagni called me to offer to conduct Sunday In together with Fenech. From there my life and my career restarted» he added to Mara Venier. Then, addressing the audience, she wanted to send a message from her story: «Take me as an example, from the addiction of gambling you can quit. With effort, with pain and with the help of the people who love you and are close to you, you can get out of it”.
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