“Happy with Brando after a toxic relationship. With Daniele Malaspina, there was never any malice”

Raffaella Scuotto she is the former suitor of Men and women chosen by Brando Ephrikian. She left Maria De Filippi’s dating show with the tronista in the March 26 episode and today, almost two months later, their love story continues at full speed. He tells Fanpge.it about their daily life away from the cameras. Having just returned from a toxic relationship, Raffaella Scuotto wanted to live new experiences and she entrusted herself to the program that allowed her to make her heart beat again: “I’m having the kind of relationship I’ve always dreamed of.” he confessed before denying the statements of Daniele Malaspina who last March revealed to Fanpage.it some details about the private messages exchanged with the suitor.

How is it going after the choice?

Now I’m in Treviso at Brando’s. We are organizing ourselves with the distance. When I leave here, he will come to Naples. For now we split up.

Are you already talking about living together?

In broad terms yes. The thought is there, but when we are both ready. We’ve been together for a month and a half, we’re not naive. Coexistence will come when we want and can do it.

Has the wait for the choice been worth it?

Yes. As happens in all couples, we argue, but we have a lot of fun, and by living together we have discovered greater harmony. We had seen each other for a long time during the program.

Why are you arguing?

Distance doesn’t help us, small arguments arise due to jealousy, different views on things. We are authoritarian and touchy, so sometimes arguments break out.

What prompted you to participate in Men and Women?

Raffaella Scuotto

I showed up for a blind date. The editorial team called me two years ago, but I had a trip planned and I didn’t go. They called me back last year, I had recently left a toxic relationship, I wanted to have a new experience to free myself from those thoughts. I wanted to try something different, I had to do something for myself. However, I didn’t think it would go like this. He is 22 years old, I was reluctant due to the age factor. When I heard him speak for the first time he understood that he had a maturity beyond his age.

How long have you been in a toxic relationship?

From November 2021 to May 2022. I didn’t suffer because I realized that I didn’t care enough. This allowed me to move forward. I always thought ‘I will never be in a toxic relationship’ and when I realized that I was in one, I decided to put an end to it immediately, it didn’t sit well with me. They start repressing you in one way before they fully do so. I had to put an end to it before the disaster.

Did the fear of not being the choice that accompanied you along the entire journey arise from an insecurity?

Fear made me feel like ‘second’, but not out of personal insecurity. He wasn’t able to understand me, to appreciate me. I know my value well, I want others not to devalue it. When he didn’t give me the right importance he made me feel that way, so I fought so hard. I felt insecure when he didn’t understand me, but I didn’t think I wasn’t good enough for him.

Now that you are away from the cameras, does it make you feel more confident?

Yes, even when we are far away he is very present. The distance weighs on us because we cannot live everyday life together, but it is always present.

Have you already made family introductions?

I have met his, he has not met mine yet. Brando is different from me, I don’t want to force him also because I don’t feel the need to introduce him to my family after a month and a half. I met his mother, grandparents, everyone. When I come to Treviso I’m happy, I feel good.

Are you more outgoing than him?

Yes, but so is Brando. Outside the program he turned out to be much more extroverted, cheerful, outgoing.

Brando Ephrikian and Raffaella Scuotto

During your journey in the program you talked about losing your job.

Yes. I worked in an underwear shop, the contract ended in October and they told me they would renew it. In September I joined Men and Women, I spoke to my employer and he gave me the OK to participate. With two recordings a week plus external ones, I didn’t have the days of rest that I had been granted. After a month, close to the expiration date of the contract, I explained the situation to the boss, I left but he left the door open for me.

So did you go back there?

No, because it wasn’t the job I really wanted to do. I’m trying to start some projects that I’ve had in mind for a while. I would like to open a children’s clothing store or a nursery.

In an interview for Fanpage.it, Daniele Malaspina said that you were interested in each other.

I never expected words like that from him. There was never any malice between us. I’m naive, I saw him as a very good person. I was sad when I read those words. After seeing the interview I called him and asked him not to speak about me publicly anymore. I have a clear conscience, I have never needed to defend myself. The important thing is that Brando knows everything.

Daniele Malaspina

Have you heard from Beatriz D’Orsi again?

No.

You deleted photos of yourself after receiving reports and criticism. But what did they write to you?

For every photo I publish there is a criticism. Some mature women write me naughty and dirty words directly. Once they wrote to me: “Your mother didn’t teach you modesty.” I have no problem showing off my body, I had to delete some photos just because they were reported.

Does it bother you to read these comments?

No. I distinguish constructive comments from insults. When I read bad things I laugh about it.

What do you think of the path of the new tronista, Daniele Paudice?

I only met him in two episodes, but watching some recent videos I noticed changes in his attitude. Before she was more arrogant, now she is opening up, softening. She’s letting herself go.

Can you give me a summary of your experience at Men and Women?

The journey improved me. I had so many unresolved things inside me. In the program I spoke to many people, I understood my difficulties, I let myself go and my emotions came out. I learned to know myself.

What do you think, however, of your history with Brando?

I wanted us to continue moving along the same lines outside the program. Living there I understood that our complicity grows more and more. I’m having the kind of relationship I’ve always dreamed of. It’s not easy to find a person to open up to, I’m happy because I needed it.

Brando Ephrikian and Raffaella Scuotto

You’re in love?

I said I was in love at the end of the program. Getting to that level of love takes time. At 26 I want to experience conscious love, it takes time and consistency. We’ll get there if we keep coming towards it. The feeling is there. We are young and we really want to live there.