Simona, were you reading “Daily Heroes” back then, the book by Giovanni that started it all?
‘No, now out of superstition’.
Giovanni: “On the other hand, his mother read it. He said it was a bit difficult…».
Simona Ventura and Giovanni Terzi hold hands on the sofa of their home in Milan, in the Rai district. Maybe she’s a little hyper because she might also have superpowers (they don’t call her Super Simo for nothing), but when they talk about happiness, they do it with the humility of someone who knows it’s not obvious (and it is much envied). Galeotto was Terzi’s famous book: he gave it to her with a dedication at a dinner with friends in October five years ago, the next day she sent him a message on her cell phone (which she had asked a friend) that she had started reading it and found it intense (it wasn’t true, but he later confessed that to him). Terzi replied, “You’re a darling.” And she: “In short. It depends.’ It was 6:57 p.m.: unspoken love in a minute.
Giovanni, what’s it like interviewing your partner?
‘It happened once on Libero and two more in public, in Levanto and Rimini. I was excited and to calm me down she said I was sweating…”
Simona: «… like a wild boar in reserve. It was a joke!’
When will you get married? You say that every year…
Giovanni: «We set the dates three times. First, Covid broke out. The second was the new wave. Last year the war. We have now defined our own date, which is important to us, and will only communicate it shortly afterwards.”
Will it be in Milan?
Simona: “No, not here”.
Already selected the witnesses?
Giovanni: “For me it will be my best friend Marco Di Terlizzi who, together with Professor Alessandro Frigiola, founded the Children with Heart Diseases in the World Foundation.”
Simona: «I talk about it with Paola (Perego, editor’s note). She’s strong in her 25-year relationship with Lucio and can give me some advice.”
who is more jealous
Simona: «I don’t think so. But if I get a fly on my nose, I’ll be one.”
Giovanni: «Me too. I understand the attention others give her when there is interest in the wonderful woman she is.”
Simona: “Let’s say I might ignore it.”
Aren’t you even jealous of your ex?
Giovanni: «I have a good relationship with all her family, they are nice people and if Simona loved her, there must be a reason. There is only one person I have no sympathy for: whoever hurt them cannot sympathize with me».
Simona: “I have an excellent relationship with my ex-wife Silvia, we are very good friends.”
She, Simona, confessed that thanks to Giovanni she became closer to her parents and sister. Possible?
‘Yes, it is true. There is a type of violence that is psychological and makes the earth scorched around you. I must also say that I always dreamed of having a large family and now I have it thanks to Giovanni».
Three children for Simona (Niccolò, Giacomo and Caterina), two for Giovanni (Lodovico and Giulio), two dogs: how was the integration?
Simona: «The one among the dogs is the only unsuccessful transplant: mine won, Ugo, also known as The Killer Dog; We had to send Rocco to the country. It was a little more difficult for the boys: my parents had seen me suffer and were worried. But now we are really happy: we are a tribe where no one is left behind; more than a house, our house is a commune!’
You said you saved each other’s lives.
Giovanni: «A month before I met Simona, my first wife, Lodovico’s mother, died. I came from gigantic failures. As a teetotaler I drank a bottle of wine. I felt bad and said I hope I don’t wake up. A little later she arrived».
Simona: “I finally got out of a relationship, I was single again and the ruins remained. At that moment he arrived».
do you argue
Giovanni: “Bullshit”.
For example?
Simona: «When she throws things on the floor next to the bed. Let’s say it’s a bit messy while I’m the pretty laundress».
And a virtue of Giovanni?
“It’s protective.”
Giovanni: «It is beautiful».
Simona: “Yes, even nice”.
It’s Giovanni’s turn: Simona’s strengths and weaknesses?
‘She’s a bit touchy. Try to criticize them».
I don’t even think about it.
“While his great qualities are generosity and the ability to love”.
Simona said she, Giovanni, was an oak.
“And Simona is the water that soaks the oak tree.”
They have just presented the human rights website «The Globalistnews.it» in the Senate and together created the documentaries «The 7 Days of Bergamo» and «Marco inedito» about the last hundred days of Marco Pannella, signed by Simona.
Simona: «Giovanni is a resolute man, he is not in competition with me. He has a solution for everything.”
Giovanni: «You are the editor of Globalistnews and I am the director. For me, working together means having her close to me every moment of my life. On March 29 we will be in the European Parliament in Brussels to see Marco unedited in front of President Metsola».
The best moments?
Giovanni: «The silent ones, when we are alone, stay silent and do simple things like watch the sunset».
Simona: «A very lucky person was in Venice for The 7 Days of Bergamo».
What gifts do you get yourself?
Simona: «Useful. I really appreciated a Thermomix, he a computer».
Giovanni: «He took a 1962 Vespa that we both own. But the real gifts are the daily touches, like when he comes home and brings me 6 Cos t-shirts».
Who prepares the coffee in the morning?
Giovanni: “I”.
A few words from your family dictionary?
Simona: «Patatino, Patatina…».
Giovanni: «Now I have shaped Polpetta. O duck, because in the morning when he wakes up he is a lion and in the evening a little duck».
What activity from your partner’s past do you most admire?
Giovanni: «The Sanremo Festival 2004 sums up her courage and talent, because she was against everyone, the only one boycotted by the discography. She only gets things she has to build from scratch.’
Simona: «I agreed because these are the trains that pass by once. In any case, Celentano came at the end: Rai made a good deal ».
And Simona, if you look at the things Giovanni did?
«The most important was certainly the work as a councilor for Letizia Moratti, Mayor of Milan. When we go out, everyone remembers it».
The wedding is upon us. But is the engagement ring there?
John: “More than one”.
How is your health?
Giovanni: «I have amyopathic dermatomyositis. In the meantime, 40 percent of my lungs have been damaged: we are trying to prevent things from getting worse.”
Together through thick and thin.
Simona: «That’s right. I have a wreck!†.