In case you were wondering, the answer is no: Alba Parietti did not agree to participate in Such and Which Show to win, but to amaze. «After the first week I understood what my role could be in a program like this. Not being able to count on technical and singing skills, I’m all about the surprise effect, about joking, about the event within the event. Creating something provocative and contemptuous, after all, is something I’ve always done »explains Alba on the phone, engaged in a long make-up session that will transform her, in the episode of October 1st, into Donatella Rettore.
Her imitations of Loredana Bertè and Damiano of Måneskin entered the history of the program for the desire to break the mold and to demonstrate, if needed, that Parietti, 60 years old almost as a joke last summer, challenges have never been scary.
«It is not a small commitment, but a fun one. Let’s try a lot, I feel like I’m in a blender “explains Parietti, the first woman to lead a football program, the first woman to sit behind the counter Strip the News, columnist, actress, competitor of talent and reality, “all-rounder” finished, in 1995, in a full-page article in the New Yorker that defined it «the italian tv bombshell». It is difficult to summarize all the things she did and for which she managed to be remembered, so let’s start with the last one: her experience in As such.
Cristiano Malgioglio did not go lightly on his imitation of Damiano by Måneskin: was he disappointed?
«No, because Cristiano does this with everyone, he doesn’t have a problem with me. Her role is that of the bird of ill omen: if there were Tina Turner on stage, she would criticize her regardless because hers is an entertainment role rather than a real jury. I get along very well with Goggi, a woman who has a voice and knows what she says, while a little less with Panariello, for whom I have always had great respect and admiration ».
Why?
“As a judge, I don’t like that do-goodness that tends to be more critical than anything else. I would like to receive a clearer judgment rather than some kind of pity that makes me nervous. I am very structured and I like to fight and discuss: if I had done something close to my ropes, without taking risks, who cared to see Parietti in As such? I like running in the wet, like James Hunt. I’m for the uncalculated risk ».
Before even stepping into Damiano’s shoes, she said she’d like to play a man. Because?
«In a world that is still very male chauvinist, the idea of getting into those clothes teases me, trying to interpret it. I am a bit temperamental. I was raised as a man, even if I don’t want to be a man. ‘
How was she raised as a man?
“My father loved me but, having had only me as a daughter, he educated me with the typical values of the male: the sense of freedom, independence, strength, self-defense, courage, stubbornness, honor . I have had very beautiful male figures during my growth. Like my grandfather, who has always hovered with his free and anarchic personality. The male figures are those from which I absorbed the most ».
Did you have the desire for independence even during adolescence?
“It took me a long time to figure out who I was. I have 2 forms, at the level of being: on the one hand there is a very tender and cheerful little girl looking for protection. On the other hand there is the older brother with whom it is difficult to deal: the mature woman has not arrived. Men love my child side more, while women appreciate my theoretically masculine cynicism more ».
However, he always had the desire to provoke.
“When I was a little girl I dressed very provocatively, I confused my ideas. But I was never easy, I had a great capacity for discernment: I lived things because I wanted to live them and I have always been with men because I wanted them, never for convenience. The problem is that I immediately show the worst in me: if you want to find the best, you have to dig and be patient ».
Did bringing out the worst ever intimidate your men?
“All time. It is a cross made up of prejudices ».
The heaviest prejudice to break down?
«Prejudices arise from a personal condition, from your fears. It also has something to do with highlighting one’s own faults ».
Its biggest flaw?
“Anxiety”.
It doesn’t seem like it.
“I mask very well.”
How?
«With self-control and a great awareness of myself, even if, in certain moments, you can’t. When you start analyzing, as in my case, you never finish: after you are used to constantly elaborating because you have the tools to do it. One never heals one’s fears, but they control themselves ».
Ever been afraid of not being up to par?
“Not that one. I can accept defeats, I have a lot of self-irony, and this allows me to get up. I’m afraid of people who don’t feel up to par, of the weak rather than the strong. If you don’t have the courage you become a coward and, consequently, also a little sneaky. I am not afraid of those who fear to tell themselves for what they are ».
Like, in his case, admitting that he does not calmly accept the passing of time.
«But who is it that accepts it? Tell me someone who is happy to grow old. The problem is that there is no other possibility, since the alternative is death. If I said I was happy to have more aches and less hair, to lose the things I have and to see the people I love die or get sick, I would be a liar. If time did not pass, however, life would never have hours ».
Is it true that you have hung your portraits and photos in your house?
«Photos of Newton, of Barbieri, of the greatest photographers in the world with whom I have worked».
What do you think when you see them?
“What beautiful photos.”
What a beautiful woman, too?
“Well, honestly, yes. But even now, if I look at myself. It is better to be cooler at 60 than at 20. Everyone wants to justify surgery: if a person has something beautiful, it is as if there was a trick involved. In my case, I was lucky enough to have a genetics that helped me ».
Does admitting you have good self-esteem create suspicion these days?
“If you are a man, you can have all the self-esteem you want and nobody bothered you like Mourinho. If you are a woman, you are in trouble. At 50 we must consider ourselves old, failed, loser. Otherwise the others ask themselves: “How dare you?” ».
Why do you think we haven’t gotten through this yet?
“Perhaps because, culturally, we women are more misogynistic than males. If I see a younger, better and more confident woman than me I say good, but not all of them do the same thing. We women are the only category that discriminates on its own and does not defend itself. When we are in solidarity, however, we become very strong. All discriminated categories lobby, but we don’t. This is why, when it comes to women in Afghanistan, I hear phrases like “it’s not our problem”. “
Have you sought female solidarity in your career?
“No. If the others don’t want to be in solidarity with me, I don’t give a damn. I give solidarity, I am intellectually honest even with those who have been a bitch with me ».
Ever held a grudge?
“It’s too tiring. Why should I wear it when the others don’t give a damn? I feel sorry when I give a damn, that yes ».
How do you overcome sorrows?
“Either trying to recover relationships to take the best the other can give me, or canceling it.”
Let’s go back to As such: puts her hands on and says she is not a singer but, in reality, she was.
«I have worked all over Europe as a disco music singer, but what I do As such I never did. I think of Damiano, for example: he is a rock star, he has a wonderful voice ».
Francesco Oppini, his son, commented in a funny way about his imitation on Instagram: is he having fun?
“A lot, even if he’s angry because I can’t do things the way I am on probation. The emotion has to do with it, not to mention that singing live is not my job, I am called to do something else ».
Let’s talk about this “other”.
«Many say that I can do everything wrong. I, on the other hand, believe I know how to do my job very well, that is that of the presenter and the columnist. Conversely, the singer did little. I’m also a good actress and I think I’m good ».
His last film role, however, dates back to 1998.
“I would have insisted, but when you have such a strong and bulky personality it’s difficult. Once Pupi Avati told me: “When you arrive, Parietti arrives”. My personality is my strength, but also my damage ».
Is it difficult to have an opinion on everything?
“When I don’t have it, I say I have nothing intelligent to say and I don’t express myself.”
She documents herself for her interventions: it is not a very common trait in today’s opinion makers.
«It is a job that only a few know how to do well, fortunately. If you don’t study, it shows: you can’t come up with an opinion. I see some who have someone else write two bullshit and then they don’t know how to argue. I, on my own, am very curious about everything, it is a family gift ».
A curiosity that has taken her almost everywhere. Also in Sanremo, which he led in 1992.
«A very funny experience, an unspeakable emotion. Those few seconds before entering are diabolical. Sanremo was the litmus test: either it consecrated me, or it would have transformed me into a huge meteor. That’s where it all started. In 1994, World evening it was the most watched program of the year, even more than Sanremo. They said it was taken for granted because it was in football, but football was also there in other years ».
Since that time, he has conquered the front row at the Ariston.
«A quirk of mine which, by now, is part of the tradition. If I’m not sitting in the front row in Sanremo it’s not the same thing, it’s a bit like Christmas without the ox and the donkey ».
Ever regretted something?
“Who hasn’t made mistakes in his career? In the golden years when I could get whatever I wanted, I sacrificed work for private life. Today I would not do it ».
She has given hundreds of interviews: a question that you are tired of answering?
“The ones about surgery. I redid my mouth 30 years ago: if I ended up in jail for this, I would be free by now, so I would say that it is appropriate not to talk about it anymore. I judge the intelligence of a journalist on the basis of whether he asks me this question or not ».
Danger escaped.

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