Ascanio Pacelli is told without filters in the Christmas special of Very truewhich aired on Saturday 27 December on Channel 5 with the most significant stories and interviews of recent months. At the center of the interview, the relationship with his wife Katia Pedrotti, the family, the crises experienced over the years and a clear reflection on the meaning of the popularity born with the Big Brother. Pacelli starts from the central nucleus of his life: the family. “Family is the engine of life. Nothing is worth it if they aren’t there, I’m lucky”, he says. Retracing the meeting with Katia, whom he met on the reality show, he explains: “When I met Katia, I immediately understood that she she was different, she was simple, she was a transparent person. You transmit values with people like that.”
After many years, the bond remains solid also on the level of complicity: “I am lucky that, after many years, I still like my wife a lot physically, there is great complicity between us, and then she is a fantastic mother.” Pacelli does not hide the difficulties experienced by the couple, especially after the birth of their first-born Matilda. “When my daughter Matilda was born, we experienced a crisis because Katia was very focused on motherhood”, she says. A delicate moment faced with dialogue: “Then one night we talked about it because I didn’t want to pretend nothing had happened”.
He underlines how crises are an integral part of a long relationship: “Moments of crisis can also occur when complicated things happen in the family: we went through a very difficult first few months of the year”. And he adds: “With Katia we put up with each other and support each other“He then describes marriage as a process of shared growth: “We have evolved together.” And he clarifies: “We must understand that in a relationship there cannot always be the flame of the first year, but there must be a construction of something.”
Thinking back to Big Brother, he sincerely admits: “Al Big Brother I discovered my wife’s flaws rather than her strengths. We have exploited our popularity to build a future together.” But he warns against easy illusions: “Big Brother it is not a springboard but a path. If you’re looking for popularity, when the spotlight goes off you feel bad.”
The family of origin also enters the story. “My parents also met young,” he explains. Their work kept them apart and, after the pandemic, new fragilities emerged: “Their work separated them and difficulties arose after Covid. A parent is a point of reference but when you realize that you are the one giving something to them it becomes difficult”. An experience that also influenced his way of raising his children: “I taught my children that life is an obstacle course. If you don’t prepare for this then it becomes difficult to accept it”, he concludes.
