“When I found out I was adopted I fainted”. A Stories at the crossroads, Paola Caruso revealed the sensations he felt after the news of the adoption. In Monica Setta’s living room, the showgirl said she had discovered at 13 years oldthrough a middle school classmate, that she was not biologically the daughter of the parents who had raised her. Caruso said she fainted and asked her parents for explanations.
In front of father’s tearsPaola decided not to delve into the issue, understanding the pain of those who raised her: “I have no memories of adoption, for me they were my parents“. And he underlined that “children belong to those who raise them”. The search for biological origins came much later, at the age of 30. Caruso had a special relationship with his adoptive mother Wanda: “Who gave me values, who she was there for me when I was sickit was her.” The woman she died a few weeks ago. The passing of her mother affected Paola, who declared: “It was a difficult Christmas”. The lady suffered from Alzheimer’s and, in recent months, the disease had also taken away her desire to eat. The day before her death they had spoken on the phone and Paola had promised to visit her in the following days. Caruso didn’t have time to say goodbye to mother Wanda one last time.
Michelino’s situation
Paola Caruso also spoke about her son Michelino. The showgirl clearly explained the daily difficulties linked to the child’s situation, who difficulty walking after the sciatic nerve injury following a sting during a holiday with his mother in Egypt. Michelino suffered serious and permanent damage as Caruso had told Very true in 2024: “I feel like I’m going crazy. I can’t forgive myself. My son is paying for a decision I made.”
The child, born in 2019, underwent a delicate operation in the United States to be able to walk again, an operation that lasted six hours. “He will never fully healhe doesn’t walk well” declared the model to Stories at the crossroads. Mother Paola said she draws energy from her son: “He is much stronger and more intelligent than me, he always supports me. He grew up too fast and this is the thing that hurts me the most.”
