Last Updated: October 20, 2023, 13:44 IST
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her associate Andrea Giambruno react forward of the assembly with Pope Francis on the Vatican, January 10, 2023. (Reuters File Photo)
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni separates from associate Andrea Giambruno resulting from his controversial feedback. Relationship ends after virtually 10 years
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has parted methods along with her tv journalist associate Andrea Giambruno, who has drawn criticism in latest weeks for sexist feedback made on and off air.
“My relationship with Andrea Giambruno, which lasted almost 10 years, ends here,” Meloni wrote on her social media accounts on Friday. “Our paths have diverged for some time, and the time has come to acknowledge it,” she added. The couple have a seven-year-old daughter.
La mia relazione con Andrea Giambruno, durata quasi dieci anni, finisce qui. Lo ringrazio per gli anni splendidi che abbiamo trascorso insieme, per le difficoltà che abbiamo attraversato, e per avermi regalato la cosa più importante della mia vita, che è nostra figlia Ginevra.… pic.twitter.com/1IpvfN8MgA— Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) October 20, 2023
Giambruno is the presenter of a information programme transmitted by Mediaset, a part of the MFE media group owned by the heirs of the late Silvio Berlusconi, the previous premier and Meloni ally. Earlier this week, one other Mediaset present broadcast off-air excerpts from Giambruno’s programme displaying him utilizing foul language and showing to make advances to a feminine colleague. “Why didn’t I meet you before?”, he tells her.
In a recording aired on Thursday, Giambruno is heard boasting about an affair and telling feminine colleagues they will work for him in the event that they participate in group intercourse. The TV journalist had already been broadly criticised in August for obvious victim-blaming feedback following a gang rape case.
“If you go dancing, you have every right to get drunk – there shouldn’t be any kind of misunderstanding and any kind of problem – but if you avoid getting drunk and losing your senses, you might also avoid running into certain problems and coming across a wolf,” he mentioned throughout his programme.
(With company inputs)
