Italy PM Giorgia Meloni announces separation from journalist partner after controversial TV remarks
Separation after 10 years: 46-year-old Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday announced separation from her journalist partner Andrea Giambruno after his lewd remarks on air in the recent months which sparked criticism and raises questions about his behavior.
Taking to her X handle (formerly Twitter), Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced her separation from partner and wrote, "My relationship with Andrea Giambruno, which lasted almost 10 years, ends here."
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"Our paths have diverged for some time, and the time has come to acknowledge it," Italian Prime Minister said.
"I thank him for the splendid years we spent together, for the difficulties we went through, and for giving me the most important thing in my life, which is our daughter Ginevra," she further added.
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
It is noteworthy that Giambruno and Meloni are not married and have been long-term partners. The couple also has a seven-year-old daughter.
Andrea Giambruno is presenter of a news programme of channel Rete 4a who come under flak while hosting the show "Diario del Giorno" where he suggested on his show this August that women could avoid rape by not getting too drunk.
Meloni had said after that episode that she should not be judged for comments made by her partner, and that in future she would not answer questions about his behaviour.
Meanwhile, in her statement on X about her split with her partner, the Italian Prime Minister said, "I will defend what we were, I will defend our friendship, and I will defend, at all costs, a seven-year-old girl who loves her mother and loves her father, as I was unable to love mine. I have nothing else to say about this."
Born in Rome in 1977, Meloni was 15 when she joined the youth wing of the Italian Social Movement (MSI).
Their love story started when she met Giambruno, who was born in Milan in 1981, in 2015 when he was working as a writer for a TV show on which Meloni appeared.
- With inputs from agencies
