The ex-spouse of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, from whom she separated after he made scabrous remarks broadcast on television, will no longer host his show but will remain its editor-in-chief, his office announced on Tuesday. employer.
The journalist Andrea Giambruno, “sorry for the embarrassment and inconvenience caused by his behavior, has agreed with the company to leave the presentation of the program ‘Diario del giorno’, of which he will continue to ensure editorial coordination”, announced the Mediaset group in a press release.
Statements recorded without his knowledge
Giorgia Meloni announced Friday on social networks that she was separating from her 42-year-old partner, father of her seven-year-old daughter, after the broadcast of statements recorded without her knowledge on the sidelines of the show he hosted on the Rete4 private channel. These remarks were broadcast in a satirical program on the Canale 5 channel, another channel of the Mediaset group, which belongs to the Berlusconi family.
In the recording broadcast Thursday evening, the journalist says to a colleague: “What’s your name? Do we already know each other? Where have I seen you before? Was I drunk? » Before adding: “How my darling? Do you know that me and XXX (name redacted) have a relationship? All of Mediaset knows it, and now you too. But we are looking for a third participant. You want to be part of our working group, would you like it? »
These statements made headlines in the Italian media and social networks, creating an embarrassing situation for the ultraconservative leader, in power for a year and who presented herself during her electoral campaign as “a Christian mother”.