Every day he enters our homes through the small screen, but like any ordinary mortal, he hides aspects of life that have caused him much suffering. It is about Gerry Scotti. The well-known TV presenter decided to tell his story in a long interview with the weekly magazine Oggi, a few days after the publication of his book “What You Missed”. However, Gerry also decided to open his heart by revealing aspects of his personal life, which is very rare as he always tends to focus interviews on the professional side.
The suffering of a divorce
It was 2009 when Gerry Scotti separated from his wife, Patricia Grosso, mother of his son Edward. An event that caused the host so much suffering that he described it as one of the most painful moments of his life: “I suffered a lot,” Gerry revealed to the weekly newspaper Oggi. The decision to separate was not made by the judge of Tú sí que vales, but by his wife Patrizia, but Gerry was ashamed, as he once revealed to Verissimo in Silvia Toffanin’s living room, of having “ended the story of his family”. This is what he said in the Canale 5 studio: “When I separated and then got divorced I was ashamed to have ended my family’s story. I had to pack my bags and leave my house, the place where my son was born and lived.
That’s why it took a long time for Gerry Scotti to heal the wound caused by the separation: “I’m going back to my parents: I learned this from them.” There is nothing more sacred than family, even more than religion, state and homeland. It’s in my DNA,” he revealed to Oggi. He then continued: “And the fact that the first family to fail was mine was a pain that lasted for years. I could no longer wake up with my son Edoardo. Over time, I managed to build such a deep relationship with him that he named his first daughter Virginia and I was called Virginio Scotti in the registry office.
Gerry Scotti and rediscovered love
Fortunately, “Uncle Gerry” managed to leave this dark time behind him and move forward thanks to the love of Gabriella Perino who knocked on his door twelve years ago. In fact, the two met thanks to their children and schoolmates and from that moment on they were never separated again. “My son Edoardo, my partner Gabriella and their children, who grew up with us and are also a bit of me, they.” brought me back to the real and daily needs. As a father, you stay grounded. “Now I enjoy being a grandfather to my grandchildren Virginia and Pietro,” Gerry confessed to the weekly.
He then clarified: “I am privileged and appreciate beauty, but don’t let the ladies of the show upset me, I have always been attracted to simple women, the clerk, the saleswoman, girls who resemble Gerry Scotti.” I describe in the book “. A love that is going well between Gabriella and Gerry, but there is no talk of a wedding, at least at the moment, and so the host came to the conclusion: “I was burned.” I associate marriage with deep bitterness and bureaucracy. It is not the right approach. Love is therethe rest can wait.”