Cristiana Calone, who was recognized by Dad Massimo Ranieri only when he was 26 years old: “As a child I wanted to have a father”

At seventy -three years old Massimo Ranieri It is in Sanremo 2025 for the eighth time, with a song entitled In his hands a heart Also signed by Tiziano Ferro and Nek. The song starts from the love of two, from the broken heart of a wounded man, to expand to the collective necessity of always be open to affection without ever closing in themselves. A philosophy that Ranieri seems to have followed also in real life: in spite of sentimental disappointments – years ago he said that women have always been gone – he has never stopped believing in love. And today it is happily boyfriend with Serenawho is fifteen years less than him “And it is not part of my world: it is a teacher. We are very well together. I am at a turning point: the time has come to plant the curtains and fully experience the love of a woman ».

In the past of Giovanni Calone (this is the real name of the artist), who has never married, there are two important stories with Barbara Nascimbene and Leyla Martinucci. But Her first great love was the singer and writer Franca Sebastianiwho died in 2015 after having fought for a long time against a tumor. From that relationship the only daughter of the singer was born: Cristiana Calone, today fifty -two -year -olds. Ranieri, who He became father at 19, recognized it only in 1997 (when she was 26 years old) and she decided to meet her in person only in 2007.

Shortly afterwards he presented it in public in his program on Raiuno All women except meand moved the spectators devote Cure by Franco Battiato. Cristiana recalled that moment in an interview of a couple of years ago: «Obviously for him were the right times, for me what he did. He has always been a reserved man who, on that occasion, made an important gesture, getting involved as he had never done. He invited me to see the program without anticipating me, which, then, at a certain point would have said: “I present to you my daughter“. Still today I can’t find words to describe that emotion. Until 2007 I was Giovanni Calone’s daughter only on the identity card, then I became it in all respects ». Massimo Ranieri, for his part, some time ago explained: “I was famous and I was nineteen years old. They dragged me away from this story by saying that it was damage to my image. The only alibi I have is that I was inexperienced».

Cristiana, who gave Ranieri a nephew – is the mother of the twenty -year -old Massimo Claudio – He told his story in the book Recognizedwhere he explains what he meant for her to grow without a father, while knowing very well who he was. Then a couple of years ago, in an interview, she returned to the theme: “When I was born there wasn’t, it could not miss something that I never lived. I don’t remember anything about that period. Then when I grew up I would like to have a dad too. I call him Gianni, I remember our first meeting, his purple dressing gown with embroidery. Then around the age of ten, feeling my mom singing her songs and hearing her talk to her sister on the phone, I understood who dad was».

Good blood does not lie, and in fact also the sock, which in the past to keep himself has done “everything, from the cubist waitress, from the cleaning woman to the secretary”, he is a singer: In the 2014 debuted with the song Sun womenmade in collaboration with Lusha Claudia; In the 2021 He launched his first singleentitled She’s Mine. A few years ago, as she herself said, she had chosen to participate in some evenings with the name of Cristiana Ranieri, but the father’s lawyers had prevented him: «Today I recognized myself as an artist, I don’t need to use the name of mine Father, because Massimo Ranieri is just him, I am another person. Now His surname I have it in my heartI don’t need it on stage ».