“I will celebrate my 70 years at Mediaset. Amadeus works too much, enjoy the money they give him”

Gerry Scotti at the helm of The wheel of fortunefished out by Mediaset to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mike Bongiorno, thinks about his birthday party 70 years old scheduled in two years, which will celebrate on TV, at the behest of Pier Silvio Berlusconi. The famous presenter in an interview with Il Messaggero said that, despite the desire to “a breath of fresh air”he has a good relationship with the CEO of the company he has worked for for over 40 years and he promised to blow out his 70 candles on TV.

The words of Gerry Scotti

“After 41 years in studies I miss a breath of fresh air. I want to go around Italy or Europe to discover art, food, nature“. With these words Gerry Scotti commented on his desire for new television adventures. The famous presenter revealed to Il Messaggero that he will not, however, leave Mediaset between now and the next two years: “Pier Silvio Berlusconi just got me asked to blow out the candles for my 70 years at Mediaset. This means that you will find me there for another two years. When I told him yes, he slyly responded by telling me: ‘Thanks Gerry, then let’s do seventy plus one’. Now 67 years old, close to 68, he spoke about his relationship with the Mediaset CEO: “I have a good relationship with him and with the whole company. I was close to them in difficult times and they did the same when I experienced them. Like when they asked me to do everything, too much, in the late 90s, and the results were so and so. The turning point came with Passaparola offered to me by Giorgio Gori, director of Canale 5 at the time and now mayor of Bergamo“.

Regarding his 70th birthday party, he said he wanted a “Renzo Arbore-style greeting” with music, friends, colleagues and many comedians: “I want it to be outdoors. And if it rains, who cares” Then he continued: “Think how nice it would be if I went around Italy with a vintage Moto Guzzi or a Vespa from the 60s to make a surprise intercom call to Italians, perhaps at the same time they usually see me on TV. I’ve been ready for years. As you do with children they tell me: ‘Yes, yes, that’s fine. Now we do it.’

Comments on Amadeus and Chiara Ferragni

Gerry Scotti commented on the farewell of Amadeus to Rai. His contract will expire in August and he will move to NOVE, where he already has several projects in mind: “Amadeus works too much. He has just finished and is already starting again. Let him enjoy all the money they give him. I think that putting together a project like the one he has in mind takes more than a few months. But if they are ready, that’s fine“. The famous host then defended Chiara Ferragni accusing her of having been “distracted” and of having “trusted the wrong people”: “I don’t think she needed subterfuge, that is, stealing money, because I think she’s very solid. It’s just that after a mistake like that it will take years to recover.” In his opinion, however, “charity is done in the most anonymous way possible“. On the case of Francesca Fagnani and the alleged hidden advertising of jewels opened by Strip the News, he then added: “I don’t have her number, nor does she have mine. And I don’t think she contacted Ricci. The point, however, is simple: if one is registered in a professional register and there are rules, one must respect them.”

The relationship with the son

Finally, he spoke to Corriere about his relationship with his son Edoardo. To the question “What have you missed from life?”, the host replied: “Something about my son“. Although she has never made him lack for anything, she feels that she has not given him too much of her time: “I could have given him more. Now we work together and we get along great. I also take care of TikTok, where we do crazy numbers (it has 1.4 million followers and videos that also get 15 million views, ed.). Today I try to catch up with the grandchildren.”