Italian Prime Minister’s Split With TV Anchorman Grips Italy as Mediaset Refrains From Firing Him After Leaked Lewd Clips
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent The saga of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni splitting from her partner, Mediaset TV personality Andrea Giambruno, after leaked outtakes revealed the anchorman making sexist remarks, is gripping the country amid speculation of political conspiracy behind the incident.
Meloni, who became Italy’s first female prime minister a year ago when her right-wing Brothers of Italy party scored big in the country’s national elections, officially dumped Giambruno — her partner for a decade and the father of their young daughter (pictured above with Pope Francis) — last Friday via social media.
In Facebook and X posts, Meloni alerted the country that she and her partner had been split up “for some time” after Mediaset’s primetime satirical show “Striscia La Notizia” (“The News Spreads”) aired hot mic and video clip footage of Giambruno grabbing his crotch and apparently hitting on his co-anchor and another unidentified woman. “Can I touch my package while I’m talking to you?” Giambruno was heard saying to a colleague in an outtake of the Mediaset news show “Diario del giorno” (“The Diary of the Day”). “You already did it,” the woman retorted.
The anchorman then went on to suggest that he and another media personality are having an affair and looking for another participant to have group sex: “Would you like to be part of our working group?” he can be heard saying.
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