The broadcast responded to Minister Bonetti’s criticism of the episode that involved the actress: “Always respected gender equality”
«Dear Minister Bonetti, I am the Golden Tapir». Thus begins the letter communicated with which Striscia La Notizia responded to the controversy sparked by the awarding of the award to Ambra Angiolini, for the end of her relationship with Massimiliano Allegri. A shower of criticism has come across, from social media to TV, there is no lack of accusations of sexism against the broadcast. “Why did they go to the woman and not the man?” many ask. Even the Minister for Equal Opportunities Elena Bonetti joined the chorus of protests, criticizing the choice of the program: “It is a story that concerns private life, therefore it deserves respect”. «These situations – continued the minister – must never be spectacularized: a public debate must not be opened. Certainly we chose to go to the woman and not the man ».
Mediaset’s reply, in a press release, was in full Strip style: in fact, the Golden Tapiro is addressing the minister directly, rejecting the accusations: “I introduce myself: I am the Golden Tapir – so the letter begins to Minister Bonetti – I wanted to write to you after you too – what an honor! – he took a few minutes of his time to talk about me in the company of the most brilliant minds of the nation ».
«Over the years – continues the ironic statement – I ended up in the hands of Stefano De Martino, Diletta Leotta, Riccardo Scamarcio, Belén Rodriguez, Ignazio Moser, Federica Pellegrini, Francesco Monte, etc. Reason? Their broken hearts, regardless of gender. As you can see, I have always made it a point of honor to respect Equal Opportunities ». No gender discrimination, therefore, Striscia la Notizia claims to have had the same treatment towards both “attapirates” and “attapirates”. Then the attack, the accusation against Bonetti of «usually revealing double standards», not having been indignant when the prize was awarded for the same reasons was Diletta Leotta.
Striscia claims the sharing of Ambra at the delivery, demonstrated according to the broadcast, by the first part of the service not aired and published on the site, in which «the friend Ambra Angiolini was approached in a friendly way by the ‘tapiroforo’ Valerio Staffelli: no escapes, requests to turn off cameras or annoying signals. On the contrary!” underlines the Tapir.
The press release continues by telling how, after the critical post of the actress’s daughter, Jolanda Renga, when asked for explanations by Staffelli, Angiolini replied: “Oh my God, what did my daughter do!”.
The closing of the letter, irreverent as usual, is dedicated to all those who in recent days have expressed words of criticism to the modus operandi of the transmission. “How many whitewashed graves, proxies, fake moralists or simple charlatans, individuals in withdrawal crises or simply in need of daily externalization have felt authorized to pontificate on the subject!”.
Among those who expressed support for the actress, her colleague Laura Chiatti, Tiziano Ferro and the journalists Selvaggia Lucarelli and Francesca Barra. The latter criticized the broadcast, with decisive tones: «This is the country that does not go to Mister Allegri, to the male. – wrote Barra on his Instagram profile – This is the country of great battles, of female solidarity, of empathy. Of “I hurt you and then I tease you by singing a song”, because everything always ends up like this, to seem like a game ». Laura Chiatti also follows the same lines: “There is a substantial difference between satire and bad taste – complaining via social media – we live in a country where we constantly fight for the rights and protection of women through the media, but often it is precisely these the first to involve all progress and denigrate us by trampling all forms of common sense and dignity ».
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