After 10 Years Together, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Announces Split from Partner
Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, has announced her separation from her partner, the host of an Italian television program, Andrea Giambruno, after nearly 10 years of living together. Meloni made the announcement on social media.
"My relationship with Andrea Giambruno, which lasted for almost a decade, has come to an end. I thank him for the wonderful years we spent together, for the challenges we faced, and for giving me the most important gift of my life – our daughter, Ginevra. Our paths have now diverged for a while, and it's time to acknowledge that," she wrote.
Meloni expressed her commitment to preserving her friendship with Giambruno and their seven-year-old daughter, who loves both her mother and her father "as I could never love."
The Prime Minister added, "Anyone who hoped to weaken me by attacking me at home should know that, however much a drop may hope to erode a stone, a stone remains a stone, and the drop is just water."
"I have nothing more to say on this matter," Meloni concluded.
The couple, who never formalized their relationship, had a daughter, Ginevra, during their 10 years together.
Giambruno faced controversy in the past due to comments perceived as sexist on social media. Last summer, he advised young girls on television not to drink in order to avoid the risk of being raped.
In mid-July, he seemingly downplayed the negative effects of global warming during a conversation on Twitter with the German Health Minister, who, while on holiday in Italy, wrote, "I'm in Bologna, and today I'm heading to Tuscany; the heat is overwhelming. If it continues like this, these holiday destinations won't have a long-term future. Climate change is destroying Southern Europe. It's the end of an era." To which Andrea Giambruno responded, "If you don't like it here, go back home. Go to the Black Forest; you'll be happy there, won't you?"
Andrea Giambruno, 41, hosts a weekly show on Rete4, a channel belonging to the Mediaset group owned by the Berlusconi family, one of Italy's largest private television networks.
