He was called Pinocchio as a child because of his nose, but he was also mocked by his mother because he stuttered. Now Paolo Bonolis he is one of the best Italian hosts on the Italian television scene. He no longer stutters, but his nose has grown anyway. After courting his classmates he met Christine at 26 and fell in love with her. But before meeting his ex-wife Sonia Bruganelli, he accompanied a friend to the RAI audition, but they took him who, as he told Corriere della Sera, couldn’t sing, dance, act or even whistle. Leo Mancini told him to be perfect like that. The friend? Today he is an insurer.
The first marriage
Diane Zoeller, Paolo Bonolis’ ex-wife, left him due to his betrayal, who confessed: «I realized I had done something stupid and I said it, it wasn’t digested, I understand her intemperance. I don’t cheat often, but if I did I wouldn’t come and say it here. I find that the beauty of a relationship lies in the perseverance of renunciation. We are all mischievous and honest at the same time.”
The future on TV and the meeting with Mercury
Will he go to Nine next year? After Amadeus the shares rise, but the host is clear: «I’m staying at Mediaset. I promised Pier Silvio that I would do another season of Avanti un Altro and I am a person of my word.” Silvio Berlusconi also asked him to be his spokesperson but Bonolis refused. “President,” he told him, “I didn’t even vote for you.”
At 25, in London, he met Freddie Mercury who tried. He replied: “I love your music, I think it’s fantastic, but we have different hormonal horizons.” «We chatted. And then each took his own path. But I was cute, you know?”, says the former face of iBim Bum Bam.
The love story and breakup with Sonia Bruganelli
Bonolis said that when he met his current ex-wife he had no financial problems and therefore courting her was easier: «I have always considered myself fortunately rich. If I wanted to go on a trip, I could go. If I wanted to change the car, I could buy a new one.”
Then the announcement of the end of the marriage in June 2023, through an interview in Vanity Fair: «We are separated but more united than ever. We have three children, we need harmony… how do you say it? Parenting, that’s it. It wasn’t easy for me to accept the separation, but it was right. In the past the host said: “Love transforms, I hope to find it again as soon as possible.” But how is Bonolis now? «Very well. I am full of friends, I have five children, two grandchildren and a third who will be born in July. If it happens, it will happen. And if it doesn’t happen, as they say in Rome, fat.” Then the host closes with a joke: «Do I look around? Always, before crossing!».
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