Life always surprises and he knows it well Giampaolo Morellithe 49-year-old Neapolitan actor, who recently revealed that he had discovered it The man who raised him is not actually his real father. It was Morelli's mother who gave her son a letter on her deathbed telling the whole truth, including his father's true identity. Here are the actor's moving words.
Giampaolo Morelli: “This is my real father. He knew it”
In a long interview on the pages of Il Messaggero, the actor Giampaolo Morelli he made one epiphany truly unexpected, a discovery he himself made just last January at the age of 49.
“A few days before she died, my mother gave me a letter. It said that my real father was another man who was very close to my family and had always known the truth. I added that my biological father suspected he hadn't done it to his son, but he was never sure,” he revealed the actor.
The Morelli's real father so it would be a Family friendA Neapolitan lawyer who died in 2013. The actor explained: “He would have had many opportunities to express himself, but he never did. But now I understand why he was present in some moments of my life and that hurts me even more.”
In retrospect, Morelli revealed that he always recognized something specific Similarity between him and who he now knows is his real father. “Same eyes, same facial features. One of his nephews, who is also one of my dearest friends, told me when he found out, “I have no doubts.”
Giampaolo Morelli and his relationship with his father
“I feel great tenderness for him, whom he preferred not to see all his life, even though I realize today that he behaved like someone who always knew,” the actor said of his father Francisat this point 90 years old with serious memory gaps – Mine was never a loving father. There has always been a great distance between us. This discovery was very painful, but I finally understand my insecurities. I always felt like something was missing, now I know why.”
Giampaolo Morelli embarks on a legal journey
After this discovery, the actor decided to do it initiate legal proceedings. “Knowing that you have been rejected by the man who brought you into the world is an indescribable pain. Now I have to rediscover my origins,” he said. “All I know is that there are many uncles and cousins, that they are mine and my story.” I don't want to be deprived of this story. That's why I hope the judge will allow the DNA test on March 18th. And above all, that they accept him. For me, a no from them would be another rejection.”
At the end, The actor concluded the speech by saying that he unconsciously inserted his story into all the films he made. “In fact, in every person there is always a scene in which you can see the small lights of a house in the distance. All my life I have always looked for a familiar warmth in these little lights that I never found.”