“What did my father-in-law think of me”

A long interview in which Paola Ferrari he tells his story, retracing his career but also his childhood, the most difficult moments and his breaking choices, such as leaving school at 15. A long interview, granted to Corriere della Serain which he also talks about Marco De Benedettiher husband, son of Carlo De Benedetti. Yes, Paola Ferrari – who proudly claims that she is right-wing and feminist – together with the Engineer’s son, the alleged “number 1 card” of the Democratic Party.

When asked how she met her husband, the Rai journalist explains: “He introduced us Alba Parietti, who is one of my best friends. She forced me to accompany her to a dinner where he was also there: I didn’t want to go, she pulled me out of the bathtub. “Was it love at first sight?” I had just challenged myself: An eight-year relationship with a seemingly perfect one. At night I looked at him while he slept and said that’s not him. To understand people you have to watch them while they sleep.”

When they ask her if Marco De Benedetti had courted her insistently, she explains: “After four months he asked me to marry him. He worked hard to win me over, also helped by my mother Mita, who was a friend of Alba and then also became a friend of mine. She informed him of the lunches I attended and he stopped by for the coffee…”.

Then the question about the father-in-law, Carlo De Benedetti: were you rooting for her? “I don’t think so. At first she thought I was one of many, that I would leave quickly. When she realized I could stay it wasn’t very nice, He threw more digs at me“, he recalls. And how were the introductions at the De Benedetti house? “In the mountains, in a wonderful house welcomed by waiters in white gloves. Coming from a different context, I was struck, but that world didn’t change me. I immediately told Marco that with me he could forget about formal dinners: I only invite friends home”, concludes Paola Ferrari forcefully.