Moments of great tension at Afternoon 5 Newsthe summer program hosted by Simona Branchetti which delves into current affairs, customs and entertainment. During the episode, the presenter connected live with a correspondent to talk about a crime case that occurred in Mascali, a small village in the Catania area. However, the interview with a friend of the victim degenerated, forcing Branchetti to take action.
Simona Branchetti, the argument live on “Pomeriggio 5 News”
It’s not always easy to keep the reins of a live broadcast, especially when events that are difficult to predict happen. That’s what happened to Simona Branchetti a Afternoon 5 Newsthe summer program spin-off of the Afternoon 5 by Myrta Merlino who, among the many topics covered, also deals with current events. The presenter had to witness and manage an argument between two people during a connection for a crime story that happened to Mascalli.
There, a violent argument between neighbors ended in the worst possible way. Two men, Giampiero and Antonio, began to argue in a very heated manner, so much so that it came to a fight turned fatal for Antonio. During the discussion Giampiero took out some scissors and hit Antonio because of some comments that the victim would have done regarding Giampiero’s daughter, accusing him of not being a good father seen some of the girl’s friends. A comment that sparked a furious reaction, ending with several wounds to the neck and chest.
Afternoon 5 News wanted to try to find out more about the reasons linked to the attack: the program correspondent, connected from the country interviewed Fabioa friend of the victim, who tried to report his truth: “We discovered that there was more. There were other reasons, there is a girlthat of the victim, who…”.
Not even time to finish the sentence, which just appeared inside the frame the victim’s partnervisibly agitated and ready to silence the interviewee. At that point Fabio addressed the woman in heated tones: “I can speak. You want to tell me that the one who came out here the other night with sunglasses wasn’t you?! So what? I speak and I also know what I’m saying. Drink lesstry to drink less drunk!”
The speech by Simona Branchetti
A situation that was definitely out of control, really complicated to manage live for the correspondent. Precisely for this reason, Simona Branchetti decided to try to take control of the situation, trying to calm the spirits from the studio. “Now, not like this. Giuliana, let’s leave it. Has Fabio calmed down? If the lady wants to intervene, fine, but not the insults live. If she wants to give her version of the facts, that’s fine with us and we’ll listen to her. According to Fabio there was a rivalry between these two gentlemen, she reiterates that there was this.”
However, the presenter’s intervention was of no use: the two continued to fuss and rail against each other, preventing the correspondent from continuing with the interview. A moment of great embarrassment, which led Branchetti to decide to close the connection to avoid further problems.
