Italy PM splits from partner after his sexist TV comments
The Hindu
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday she had separated from her television journalist partner Andrea Giambruno, who has drawn criticism in recent weeks for sexist comments made on and off air.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday she had separated from her television journalist partner Andrea Giambruno, who has drawn criticism in recent weeks for sexist comments made on and off air.
"My relationship with Andrea Giambruno, which lasted almost 10 years, ends here," PM Meloni wrote on her social media accounts. "Our paths have diverged for some time, and the time has come to acknowledge it," she added.
The couple have a seven-year-old daughter.
Mr. Giambruno is the presenter of a news programme transmitted by Mediaset, part of the MFE media group owned by the heirs of the late Silvio Berlusconi, the former premier and Meloni ally.
On two days this week, another Mediaset show broadcast off-air excerpts from Mr. Giambruno's programme showing him using foul language and appearing to make advances to a female colleague.
"Why didn't I meet you before?", he tells her.
In the second, more explicit recording aired on Thursday, Mr. Giambruno is heard boasting about an affair and telling female colleagues they can work for him if they take part in group sex.
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