“I’ve never said anything like that.”

The gravy-gate it thickens. Antonella Clerici, guest of Francesca Fagnani on Belve on Rai 2, had finally revealed the name of the singer who had refused the invitation to the Sanremo Festival because “It tastes too much like gravy to me.” This singer was Ligabue. The rocker from Correggio, however, replied via social media late in the evening: “Dear Antonella Clerici, never said something like that, it’s not my style.” The singer’s denial reassures fans who went wild on social media, sending the hashtag to the top of the evening’s trends.

The words of Antonella Clerici

Antonella Clerici revealed the mystery of the ‘sugo-gate’ by Francesca Fagnani, thus revealing the name of the singer who did not go to the 2010 Sanremo hosted by her, because “he tasted too much of sauce”: “They told me. If it’s not true I apologize, but if it’s true I expect your apologies”, he had stated.

It was Ligabue. I did everything to have him at my festival, I liked him so much, I imagined him and me going away on a Harley Davidson. He is a singer that I loved very much and when they told me this, I was so upset. I imagined him as a rock, I thought he tasted like sauce. I thought we both tasted like sauce. I imagined him as a handsome man, even a little rough and I was disappointed twice.

Luciano Ligabue’s reply

A few hours after the broadcast, Luciano Ligabue used his X account to respond to Antonella Clerici’s words: “Dear Antonella Clerici, obviously I have never said something like that, certain sentences don’t belong to me.” Meanwhile, on social media, the sauce-gate goes crazy and Ligabue has understandably jumped to the top of the trending topics. Many fans didn’t expect something like this and that’s probably why the singer chose to promptly deny the news.