The Embarrassing Incident That Caused Famous Journalist to Split from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Lose Her TV Show

Andrea Giambruno former partner of the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was removed from a television show he presented before the leader of the Brothers of Italy left him after the sexist comments he made to his colleagues.

Meloni announced last week that he had parted ways with Giambruno after a satirical news program aired video clips from the journalist’s show. in which he used foul language and appeared to make advances toward a female colleague.

Audio clips also showed him talking about an affair and telling colleagues that They could work with him if they participated in group sex.

Mediaset, the channel that broadcasts both shows, said Tuesday evening that Giambruno regretted “the shame and discomfort caused by their behavior » and had agreed with the company that he would no longer host the show.

However, he will continue to work on the program”Giorno’s Diary » (Daily) on the channel Reté4 as a behind-the-scenes coordinator, said Mediaset, part of the MFE media group, owned by the heirs of the late Silvio Berlusconi, a former prime minister and Meloni ally.

Giambruno will take care of it »editorial coordination “, according to the company’s note, which excludes any disciplinary action against the journalist.

Meloni’s ex-partner had already given up on appearing on screen on October 20 , after a satirical program broadcast controversial statements which also gave rise to a public declaration of rupture issued by the Prime Minister herself, reports the AdnKronos agency. They started their relationship 10 years ago and have a daughter in common.

“This is where my relationship with Andrea Giambruno ends, which lasted almost 10 years. . I thank you for the beautiful 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,” Meloni wrote on the social network .

“Our paths have diverged for some time and the time has come to recognize it. 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 could not love my own. “, he added in the post published on October 20.

Giambruno’s public statements had already affected Meloni in the past, for example when suggested that women should avoid getting drunk to avoid being raped but in recent days, the controversy has intensified because of a conversation during the recordings of his program.

In these statements, broadcast by a comedy show, he greets a colleague –“What’s your name? Do we already know each other? Where have I seen you before? Was I drunk?” – to then suggest that she have a threesome with another Mediaset colleague with whom she claims to have a relationship.