At 74, an inventory of his life is certainly taken more frequently than at 30. Riccardo Fogli has no regrets, but only a concern to be there as much as possible for his daughter Michelle, who in 2013 had his wife Karin Trentini (thirty years his junior ). The singer reveals that he is afraid of the passage of time: “It only scares me because I have a nine-year-old girl, my young love – he says to the microphones of Lunatici on Rai Radio2 – she needs me and will need me again by a few years”.
Today, this is Fogli’s priority, who continues: “My mother has been in heaven since 2000, I hope she will be my spokesperson. I have to live a little longer because I want to protect my little daughter. My older son works, he is thirty years old. . But the little girl still needs me. I treat myself well, I drink still water, no wine, I’m fine, God gave me energy and passion. I’m not afraid of getting old, but I want to grow old in peace. I don’t want to leave the world, I’m not ready yet.”
The story with Patty Pravo and farewell to the Poohs
In the interview, Riccardo Fogli also spoke about his love story with Patty Pravo and saying goodbye to the Poohs. Two things coincide: “Our manager introduced Facchinetti and I introduced Nicoletta. She looked at me, I looked at her and it was a beautiful sight. She is fascinating now, fifty years ago she was stunningly beautiful. The situation was hot. – he said: “There was a story between us. But this story had nothing to do with the poohs. I don’t want to rewrite the story, I made the character of the idiot who sees a woman, runs away and throws everything away.” I was 22. It happened that after a while the news that there was a story between one of the Poohs and Patty Pravo caused a slight rumble.Two newspapers at different times appeared with a picture of the Poohs and a picture of Patty Pravo … And then all hell happened. They attacked me and said, “We are ruined.” I replied that I didn’t understand what the problem was. They replied that the poohs are all for one and for all. I did not understand. I replied that I was always with them, when I went to sleep with someone else at night, I didn’t understand what the problem was part”. The situation was now irreparable: “A series of pains began. They were my family, we are still connected as brothers today. They put me against the wall and told me what I had decided. So I replied that if they really thought I was going to ruin a band’s image, I would have taken a step backwards. With my Pooh brothers we will talk about it. Today relations are good. When we met again I was very well received – concluded Fogli – Stefano and I (D’Orazio , editor’s note) were a group. Those were good years. Poohs deserve all the success they have and I deserve to be who I am .”