THEfamily, love for Al Bano, the special relationship with her mother-in-law Jolanda, memories as a girl: guest at Very true to present the book Deeply simple thoughts, Romina Power it was told in the round, between past and present.
Romina Power and Al Bano Carrisi, a love that has not ended
During the interview, the singer and actress returned to her relationship with her ex-husband, to whom she remained very close despite the separation.
«I still love him, who I love I love forever», said Romina Power, «You never stop loving a person you have loved, especially if you meet them when you are still a child, I was very young. That love, that thread, that tenderness always remains, even if coexistence is impossible.” The two married in 1970 and separated in 1999. The divorce, however, would arrive in 2012.
A very close family
Albano and Romina had four children: Ylenia, disappeared into thin air in New Orleans on New Year’s Eve 1993, Yari, Cristel and Romina Jr. He had two other children with Loredana Lecciso, Jasmine, class of 2001, e Al Bano Jr, known as Bido, born in 2002. The separation between Al Bano and Romina Power had great media coverage: «They wrote everything», the singer recalled to Very true, «The person who leaves is not the one who suffers the least”. If she had been happy – continued Power – she would have stayed, but in that period she wasn’t happy either with her husband or with her husband or with him, and their relationships are excellent, and Romina Power jokes about it: «They are delicious, I never see it!».
The special relationship with her mother-in-law Jolanda
Among the most beautiful periods of her life, the years in Cellino San Marco, with Al Bano, her children and her mother-in-law Jolanda, who was really important to her. She passed away in 2019, leaving a great void in her family. «Since she is no longer here there is no longer a soul in that house», recalled Romina Power, «She was much more than a mother-in-law, she was a second mother». It wasn’t an easy relationship at the beginning: «She was a bit prejudiced against me, an actress who was the daughter of an actor, and she thought that all actresses were sluts (laughs, ed). But then she changed her mind. She was very affectionate with me.” Two women who found each other, also because Mrs. Jolanda did not have a daughter – Romina Power recalled thinking of her mother-in-law.
Romina Power with Al Bano and daughter Ylenia (IPA).
The disappearance of her daughter Ylenia, an always open wound
The interview also touched on the darkest moment in the lives of Romina Power and Al Bano, the disappearance of their eldest daughter Yleniawhich the singer is still looking for and feels alive. «She was reckless, intellectual, curious about the world, she didn’t even realize her beauty, she had no vanity”, recalled Power, who was very close to her daughter. According to her, the investigations were not conducted in the right way: «The police told us whatever just to see us go away, we were uncomfortable in such a negative city, we brought light to dark places. The FBI refused to take an interest in the case, citing the fact that she was an adult and an Italian citizen.” Over the years, the singer often returned to New Orleans with her son Yari, who had changed profoundly after the death of his sister, to whom he was very close.
A search that is not over
Romina Power is still looking. She thinks that Ylenia was kidnapped and deceived in some way: «A friar contacted me and I understood that it had to do with Ylenia, he had premonitions and told me that she is alive and that I must never lose hope». Romina Power is certain that there is another dimension and that there are people capable of looking inside it. Some of these people they told her that her daughter would not die. His hope today is that Ylenia will know that she still has a family waiting for her.