It’s so different now since Gabriel Garko decided to “break free” by coming out., and to uncover his relationship with his partner Riccardo, which has been kept secret for years. Relationship that would have emerged at a time when the actor was dating women from the entertainment world including Manuela Arcuri. Those were the years of inner turmoil, of a truth struggling to surface.
Garko’s outburst – “I wanted to go out, have fun, have a partner,” he tells the weekly newspaper “Oggi”, alluding to this time. But you can’t, because you have to keep the character, which is its opposite: tough, aloof, woman- This “conviction” lasted 30 years: almost a life sentence … One day I looked in the mirror and saw instead of my face the cover of a magazine celebrating one of my made-up loves,” he confided to me.
The double life, the relationship with Riccardo – This double life, in which he was portrayed as a true Latin lover, started to suffocate him, which led him to buy a villa in Zagarolo (Rome) 17 years ago. “A place away from everyone, where to be myself… I was having an affair with a guy named Riccardo. Here we were free, even if we had to hide if someone came,” he recalled: “Did I invite friends to dinner? At the end of the evening he pretended to leave, he took half a walk and then returned. When the cleaning lady came in the morning, she was lying in the guest room bed, even though we had slept together.
Three “fake” girlfriends – Among these there was also accurate Manuela Arcuri (the others were Eva Grimaldi, Adua Del Vesco), who, when Garko came out, seemed to refuse. “For me it was a true love story. We vacationed together, slept together, like all couples. Then we broke up, there was no real reason. It was a common choice. I was upset afterwardswhen I discovered the truth”.
The excavation at Manuela Arcuri – Although Manuela Arcuri has always refused to admit that she knew about her partner’s homosexuality, the actor does not shy away from the dig: “She has not yet freed herself from certain conditionings. I hope he does soon.”