For those who don’t know Elena Santarelli she left behind a familiar nightmare. The first born Giacomohad with her husband Bernardo Corradi, a former Tuscan footballer, now a sports manager, he defeated a brain tumorundergoing a course of treatment when he was just a child (now he is 12 years old).
Guest in the studio of very trueaccompanied by her husband, the Latina model and showgirl she told how for a long time she felt judged by other womenfor the sole (alleged) fault of having returned to live after Giacomo’s illness and for having cut out, when her child was still being treated, moments only for herself, from pizza with friends to the hairdresser.
“I felt like a wrong mom for so long. Even today I feel a sense of guilt for the luck I had, because many mothers of mine no longer have their children next to them. I am grateful that my men, Giacomo and Bernardo, are like me. How many times at the hairdresser have I heard other women whisper: “What is Santarelli doing here? I would be at home with him instead of her with a sick child. “ I would go home and throw myself in the shower to wash away the guilt and dirt that I felt on me », Elena Santarelli told the landlady Silvia Toffanin.
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“I told her not to give a damn,” Corradi recalls. “As for us boys, sometimes things are simpler. Speaking for myself, I have never found a friend who wanted to talk about this sensitive subject without me initiating the conversation. I went out to dinner with friends and I amused myself without ever feeling judged ».
“Men in some situations are more supportive”, is the comment of Elena Santarelli. “We women at least once in our life have made a mistake against another woman, hastening judgments. What I can repeat is: judge less, don’t rate a mother’s pain. I’ve seen so many have a fake smile on their face and the truth is that inside they were torn apart ».
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Source: Vanity Fair
