Chiara Maci: "At the police station I had to justify being a single mother"

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Chiara Maci He confides his outburst to social media after the bad experience he had at the Milan police station. The food blogger had to renew the passport of her daughter Bianca (9 years old) and had to justify the fact that there was no father. “I laughed about it in front of my daughter. Because I hold back the tears in my eyes when I have to,” but then he shared all his bitterness with his followers.

“At the police station to renew a passport in 2023, you still have to justify being a single parent and almost feeling guilty about something. And all of this in front of a child. What an amazing country we are,” Chiara Maci wrote in a social media post. “‘You know, that’s what happened.’ I laughed about it in front of my daughter. Because I hold back the tears in my eyes when I need to, the women taught me that. But they hurt her before,” he continued, recounting the bad experience.

Chiara Maci single mother Chiara Maci raised Bianca alone and it wasn’t always easy. “They hurt me for nine months during ultrasound scans without anyone shaking my hand, they hurt me at the registry office, on every Father’s Day, on every form with a double signature, where something was always missing for me,” he says his followers know his story well. “The institutions, the advertising of perfect families, the communicated normality that was always just one, hurt me. Since I gave birth on my own, diversity no longer scares me. Because I’m different too.” And he comes to the conclusion: “Mom, why do you want more documents? Because they don’t know how to do their job, darling. That’s all.”

Support from followers Chiara Maci found support and support from many followers who contacted her after her words. “I have read hundreds of your direct messages. I don’t know how many emails. I was postponed several times,” she wrote to thank those who showed their solidarity. The food blogger is very popular on Instagram, where she shares delicious recipes and insights into her private life. In addition to Bianca, he has another son: Andrea, born in 2018 from his relationship with the Palermo chef Filippo La Mantia.