She’s always been told she resembles her mother and has since gotten used to it, even if compared to her parents, Natalia Mastrota – 27-year-old daughter of Natalia Estrada and Giorgio Mastrota – has chosen a path as far away as possible from the limelight, live in the mountains, in the middle of nature. True, even her mother gave up television to devote herself to her beloved horses (while her father is still the king of teleshopping), but the girl did so when she was a teenager and has never regretted her decision.
“I’ve lived in Bormio since I was 16, where my father also lives now, because I like nature, the mountains and skiing,” says Natalia, guest of Silvia Toffanin on “Verissimo”, following the stations for the first time in a television studio of his life, beginning with the separation of his parents, which took place when he was only three years old. ‘I remember almost nothing, except the paparazzi chases and the newspaper reports. I would have liked to have seen them together as a couple to understand what everyday life would have been like,” says the now ski mountaineer, trail runner, mountain guide and climbing instructor, and admits to her realization at the age of five that his parents will never get back together because they had other people next to them, “even if dad was more revealing while mom had longer stories”.
She experienced the dark times at the age of 18 thanks to some do-it-yourself diets, “which pulled me into the maelstrom of eating disorders. I suffered from bulimia for five years, then I told my grandmother, my mother’s mother, and she advised me to talk to my parents. Exercise, especially running, helped me get out of there. I also went to a clinic near London for three weeks and they gave me the tools to heal and I never fell for it again. After two years I became pregnant with my son Marlo and that gave me great strength. These disturbances remain in you and you must always be vigilant».
A mother of two boys (after Marlo was born Sasha), Mastrota has long been associated with Daniel, “who is half Spanish and half English” and has a wonderful relationship with her parents, who now also play the role of grandparents. “Mom is good but keeps the kids spinning, let’s say she’s more German, dad is more messy, he does things his way, but I have a great bond with both of them.”