Although he has retired from football, Francesto Toti He continues to monopolize the main media covers, and not just because he’s affiliated with a football club, but because of his private life. Last July, the former captain of the Roma announced the end of his marriage to model Ilary Blasi after 20 years of marriage, surprising thousands of people.
At the time, the Italian press speculated that the former player had committed infidelity. However, this was not the case and after several months, Totti decided to break his silence to speak his truth. “It’s not true that I was the first to betray her,” he told the Corriere della Sera newspaper.
In that interview, Totti indicated that he would remain silent but had decided to speak up in the face of so many sayings that were causing his children to suffer.
“I went through a difficult period first because I stopped playing and then because of my father’s death due to COVID-19. I also had a very strong virus for 15 days. However, my wife wasn’t there when I needed her most,” he further explained.
The eternal captain of the Roma He explained that he began to suspect Ilary Blasi after this absence. “I had never done it in 20 years, nor she with me. But when I got notifications from various people I trust, I got suspicious and looked at his phone. I saw that there was a third person who acted as an intermediary between Ilary and another one… Something like: see you at the hotel,” he said.
Eventually, Totti confirmed that this led to “depression” and that “he couldn’t sleep”. “I pretended nothing happened, but it wasn’t me anymore, it was someone else,” concluded the former player, who admitted that his current partner Noemi Bocchi helped him get out of that difficult moment.