Giancarlo Magalli, after fighting tooth and nail against the disease, found himself faced with another loss.
Giancarlo Magalli, a well-known television host, recently revealed that having faced and defeated lymphoma.
The conductor thus had to face a battle he fought for 18 months with the unconditional support of his family.
His experience was shared during an interview with Mara Venier on “Domenica In”where Magalli told how a chance infection led him to discover the disease.
Initially the diagnosis was so harsh that the doctors left him life expectancy of only two months.
Giancarlo Magalli talks about the illness he has fought in recent months
«The illness caught me off guard and arrived unexpectedly. Then one inside the other, a kind of matryoshka. The serious one, which put me in danger, was lymphoma. They gave me two months to livebut they also told me that lymphomas have a 90% chance of being cured”, explained the host. The discovery was possible thanks to aun infection which, paradoxically, turned out to be an unexpected fortuneallowing him to start treatment promptly, including chemotherapy and hospital admissions.
His fight was not only a personal challenge but also involved the people closest to him. Married twice and father of two daughters, Magalli was able to count on the help of his entire family. His ex-wives and daughters took turns at his bedside in hospital, supporting him in the most difficult moments. «For the infection they gave me some medicines that I don’t know what they were, I think hallucinogenic mushrooms, I had visions, I saw people walking around the room, I was completely out of it. I’ve also done things like ripped out my IV and the doctors said, “Either we tie him up or someone has to watch him, but we don’t have any staff,” so one night there was my first wife, one night my second, then my first daughter, the second… and they were careful that I didn’t act crazy. I was moved by this closeness”Magalli said emotionally.
The transformation of Giancarlo Magalli: the host has changed
The battle against cancer has left clear marks on Giancarlo Magalli, not only internally but also physically. The well-known TV host has lost over 20 kilos, showing himself profoundly changed on television, an image that surprised the public and his fans. In addition to the physical challenges, Magalli is now faced with professional difficulties.
TO 78 years oldAfter having had to abandon the “I Fatti Vostri” program due to illnessfinds himself having to start over in a work environment that he knows well but which now seems to have put him aside. “I got sick, left some transmissions and didn’t find one when I got better”Magalli confessed, expressing the frustration of having to relaunch their career despite decades of experience both behind and in front of the cameras. This period represents for him a challenge not only of health but also of reintegration into the world of television work.
