by Anna Gandolfi
Comedian and moderator, 35 years old, the face of the record-click video clip: “Me and Germano Lanzoni act like Imbruttiti, but we come from Giargiania”. The hundred meters with the children in the morning and the housing dilemma: “But who will give me a mortgage?”
“It’s fourteen-oh-five.”
And zero four, but he’s right. Be prepared: it’s late.
‘Delay on call. We are not”.
Now let’s optimize. The interview begins.
“That’s better (laughs). Then it’s not like I have to do who knows what. Actually nothing. It’s just the natural tendency to commitment and fear…».
In fact, the agenda is full. Brenda Lodigiani she is many things: moderator, moderator, dancer. But it is also Imbruttita, the wild Milanese in the video clips with Germano Lanzoni. Lodigiana, proudly transplanted to the metropolis, is back from the third installment of Lol – Chi ride è fuori, on Prime Video. We intercept it “between one call and the other”.
Is Imbruttita honoring its commitments? He can do it?
“I travel a lot today. I’m very happy both as a mother – I’m away from home for a while and the father is taking care of our children, what a beauty – and at Imbruttita: meetings, travel, things. Bread for my teeth».
Done Lol what is he doing?
“I became a black belt in calling. I’ll make a mountain out of it. It’s not easy: there is a code. Nice in the right place, right sentences in the right place.
That means?
«When you organize an event, you say: I work there, but the input has to come from you. A must. What does that mean? I don’t know. The word synergy? I use it a lot and absolutely at random. My fiancé laughs when he hears me in call position…”.
The medal for the early kindergarten
She is mother of two children.
“5 year old Olivia and 2 year old Tobias. We’re in the middle of the tunnel.”
His recipe for the compatibility of work and family.
“At the moment there are one child in daycare and one in daycare, so we’re calm. We shake hands with Federico (Teoldi, professional cameraman, editor’s note). Then I am privileged: now I have a very rich moment, but I also spend months being at home and able to devote myself to the little ones ».
your typical day?
«It starts at night, Tobias doesn’t sleep. It surprises me every day: at two, at four. At Imbruttita I prepare backpacks and clothes the night before and everything is organized. He wakes up and I attack: let’s go, come on, come on, come on. Mom, are we late? No. Come on, come on, come on. The hundred meters. As if they ended up giving us a price five minutes early.”
Are they too ugly little ones?
“No, they took after their father, he’s calm, calm. To be with me, of course. I’m excited, moody, precise. I’m not a nice person.”
Really.
«Challenging, come on. He’s an intermediary.”
Everyone gathered around the table for dinner when the world ends?
“Hand. If I have something to do, I’m not there, just like him. We are freelancers: if Federico is away for a week, I’m there and vice versa. I’m 35, he’s 38: we love our children and help each other in everything related to family management.”
An overpriced house
Where do you live?
«In the area of Paolo Sarpi. For rent”.
Very hot topic, renting in Milan.
«I have always lived in social housing in Lodi, my mother still lives there. When I tell her how much rent I pay here, she doesn’t understand how it can cost so much and how brave I am to pay this amount every month. For the record, we’re not talking prime rents here. But I hear you saying: you can take out a mortgage with this money. Wrong: I can’t afford to buy a house in Milan!».
Something you wouldn’t expect from a familiar face on TV.
‘But who will give me a mortgage? The house I want is a three bedroom apartment in the neighborhood where I already live, Chinatown: how much does it cost? Six hundred thousand euros? And who gives me the 100 percent mortgage? There is also the advance payment. In short: impossible to buy. Every now and then I think: It would be nice to leave something for the children. Then I think that my parents left me nothing (affectively very much) and what I have I earned myself, worked. I’m happy with the life I have and that I’ve conquered things. It’s a great lesson to teach my children. I still remember the summer of 2006…».
What happened?
“When I got my first job at Disney Channel, I started paying for my driver’s license and then my car in installments. I bought a Ford Ka for two thousand euros. I was in Lodi, I leave the dealership, I drive two kilometers and boom: the clutch breaks. I was desperate. Dad intervened, had a damn good time and the dealership fixed it for me ».
The accountant and the “secret” commercial
When did you realize that show business was your path?
“I’ve always been a no-fuss little girl. I loved being the center of attention, starting with my parents. I enjoyed making her laugh and I knew I had a gift: a Tolla face. Originally I wanted to be a dancer, but then I realized that I’m not the best. I continued to study dance but kept it as my moment».
However, he taught him how.
«This is fake news: I taught the ladies of Rho Pilates for ten minutes. In the meantime, I’ve been doing tryouts.”
How were you?
“They never caught me except for a few commercials.”
Did we see it in any commercials?
“‘Stop sweating’! Mine is one of the armpits. Not the protagonist, I was in the group of those who raised their arms in the background and shouted the slogan. Maybe they even betrayed me.”
At 18 he made his Disney Channel debut.
“Italy won the World Cup, I found a job, I bought the Ka and I graduated”.
Completed?
“Accounting. I don’t even know the multiplication table of 5. I have a problem with the accounts».
Can you describe the prospective accountant Lodigiani for us?
“A runaway from home. There were 25 women in the class, what a hell of a mess. From these columns I want to turn to poor Professor Tore of English. Prof, I’m sorry, we have brought you to despair».
A role or a show that you will always remember?
«That was in 2009. When I entered the office of Quelli che il Calcio for the first time, I was amazed, incredulous. Lucia Ocone left and I was chosen. I repeated to myself: Really? I learned a lot: being on a team, standing on the sidelines because it’s not your program, no matter how available, going live. I played Arisa».
Giargiana and Imbruttiti
He worked with the third mystery of satire.
“I love them. Talented, open to dialogue, I enjoy working with them».
With the Milan Imbruttito team, he makes a click avalanche.
“You are fantastic too. In 2017 they call me: Would you like to be the female alter ego of Germano Lanzoni? Yes! We sit down and write everything down. But then I got pregnant. It seemed a bit premature to be an ugly mother and she, very sweet, was waiting for me. We started the following year».
And so a Lodigiana became an ugly Milanese.
«The funny thing is that both Germano and I act like Imbruttiti, but we are from Giargiania. None of them are from Milan. I from Lodi, he from a town like Brusaglio sul Verduro, unpronounceable (that is then Brusaglio, a hamlet of Cormano, editor’s note)».
Giargiana doc.
“Let’s not spread it too much. I have my own theory: Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to move away from the provinces, looking forward to a metropolitan environment where the bars were open even after 7.30pm. That must be why I’m ugly. A Milanese who has always lived in Milan is probably not that ugly.”
«I see Nino Frassica and call in sick»
Behind the scenes of the cast of Lol?
«When I saw Nino Frassica, I said to myself: who do I think I am?».
Who was the most annoying?
“I’m very calm: the pain in the ass is Herbert (ballerina, editor’s note). It started with puns from the first minute and lasted six hours. I couldn’t take it anymore.”
Also a talent.
“I quote: I studied for 40 years and hoped to spend six hours making nonsense (he used a different term). Likeable and very dangerous as a competitor.
How did the Milan scare continue on set?
«Luca Bizzarri and Paolo Kessisoglu entered the scene and I had a stroke (the names of the challengers are not expected on the show, ed.). We had worked together before: we know each of our weak points. But I say: blessed surprise effect. If I had known beforehand that I would have to compete with Nino Frassica, I would at least have called in sick.”
Profession Influencer
(sounds of people laughing in the background).
“Sorry, it’s people who look at me and think I’m crazy: I’m on the street talking on the headset.”
But in Milan in 2023, everyone is talking on the street with a headset.
“Not true. Maybe they recognized me.”
Are the fans stopping them?
Yes, for selfies. I ask you to set the filter because you know that I am a professional influencer. Under Covid only influencers worked and they got a lot of free stuff. I said to myself, damn, why can’t I? Off with the parody on Instagram. Oh, it works: now the kits reach me too».
Have you ever met your “victims”?
«Diletta Leotta was surprising. He wrote me that we met: he complimented me, self-deprecating and, I think, genuinely amused, otherwise he would not have contacted me. Like her, Sveva Sagramola: But my imitation doesn’t do her special make-up justice at all. If I were her, I would be very angry. I would have shouted: ok Bre’…».
Is Brenda Lodigiani sensitive?
“I dare not think how I would take it if they imitated me…”.
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March 24, 2023 (change March 24, 2023 | 2:50 p.m.)
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