Klaus Amendola He is one of the most popular Italian actors among small and big screen audiences, an artist who can masterfully interpret dramatic and even comic roles. As a guest on “Belve,” the program hosted by Francesca Fagnani on Rai2, the 60-year-old said to himself by revealing that he was addicted to cocaine.
Claudio Amendola and the cocaine addiction
fSon of Art by Ferruccio Amendola and Rita SavagnoneClaudio Amendola was a guest in the latest episode of Beasts, which will air on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 from 9 p.m. on Rai2.During the interview, 60-year-old Roman Francesca Fagnani opened up about a dark period in his life, in that deed Drug use so heavy that he is no longer in his right mind.
“I was addicted to cocaine‘ the actor said, but explained that he was able to get out of addiction: “I got out of addiction because there was always something more important and it was always the kids.” He hit rock bottom but managed to break out of it to recover: “Fortunately, fear or the responsibility that only you can have at this moment compels you to come to your senses. And that’s how it was.”
The separation and emotion for the children
While chatting with Francesca Fagnani, who also hosted the same episode Claudia Pandolfi, who revealed the background of her lifeAmendola then addressed the issue of his private life by speaking of the split from his wife Francesca Neri.
He admitted to the presenter: “There is no pain today, the pain was there before. If anything, there is regret for not having been able to go all the way.”
And when he talks about his children, he is touched: “The greatest joy? When my daughter Alessia, born 5.5 months premature, made it.”
The anecdote about gasoline
There was also room for some insights into his career, which, according to Fagnani, was initially based on his forced character: “Yes, I relied on that a lot at the beginning. When I got home my parents said to me: “But you were born in Villa Stuart!” But it worked.”
But behind a great actor there is also a turbulent youth. Amendola even said he ended up in jail: “When I was 19 I ended up with Regina Coeli. For a gasoline juice! But it was a learning experience.”
The push against Ignazio La Russa
During the interview there is also room for a political dig Ignatius La Russa. The President of the Senate, in a past interview with BeastsIn fact, she had called Claudio Amendola “the biggest asshole of them all” and denounced him after the boos at the 2011 cinema festival.
The actor took it for a laugh, revealing to Francesca Fagnani: “But did he tell you who he had to donate the money from the lost cause to? For emergencies”.
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