Guest at Verissimo, Bruno Vespa presented his new book “Resentment and Hope”. An opportunity not only to talk about his latest works, but also to take off his clothes and share some anecdotes from his personal life. Last March 2022, his brother Stefano died, a very important figure for the journalist who wanted to commemorate him.
The beginnings
As a child, Vespa revealed, he dreamed of becoming first a carpenter and then a doctor. Later, when he was 15, he was invited to write for a newspaper by an older boy he met at the tennis club. Just one year later, at the age of 16, he started working in the editorial department of Aquilana de The weather. From then on everything was an evolution.
Basic, in youth, Grandmother Idawhich the well-known presenter defines as “an oak tree”: a woman who was widowed at a young age and had four children, an irreplaceable element of the family who gave Vespa “the strength to overcome difficulties and optimism”.
Mother was a good teacher who is still remembered by her students. The father, on the other hand, was a sales representative, but had to go through a difficult time as he remained unemployed for a while, which is why the journalist feels close to those who continue to be unemployed in our time. “I think about her every day,” admitted Bruno Vespa with emotion.
The loss of a brother: “I felt like an orphan”
“My Brother“Unfortunately he left too early,” explained Vespa in an interview with Silvia Toffanin. “I’m wrong that I commissioned him, a brother on behalf of him,” the TV presenter wanted to joke. “I didn’t want to be the only child, and then I ordered a brother and he was born when I was 13 years old. He was an expert and also a highly respected journalist. He left the house in the morning with his beach bag and a heart attack that took him away. Paradoxically, I felt like an orphan.
His brother Stefano, who died in 2022, was actually the last part of his family of origin that he left. A pains Unbearable for Vespa, which was also moving during the program. “He was the serious part of the family, he was infinitely more serious and conscientious than me, he was the first to read the drafts of my book and point out the errors,” he said. “I’m a lot more distracted than he is. This is the second book I’ve written without him and I’ve missed him a lot.”