Rocco Siffredi's collapse in Le Iene is not a good piece of television

Something, in the apparent reconciliation between Rocco Siffredi and the journalist Alisa Toaff staged at Hyenas, it didn't work out right. We say this as journalists but also as spectators, given that it was immediately clear that the way in which the service was built did not take into account either human variables or ethical respectability that a prime time information program should observe. Leaving aside the fact that the modus operandi of Hyenas in recent years he has often proven to be too aggressive, and neglecting the desire to pursue journalistic and judicial leads capable not so much of suggesting alternative visions but precisely of announcing alleged errors – let's think about the clear defense of Rosa Bazzi and Olindo Romano which he brought A day in court to broadcast a special in prime time that showed the judicial documents and testimonies in court without the aid of editing -, we hoped that the Rocco Siffredi story could have taken a different turn, but instead nothing.

The facts are known: on the occasion of the release of the Netflix miniseries Supersexthe journalist ofAdnkronos Alisa Toaff, who initially chose to remain anonymous, decided to carry out an interview with Rocco Siffredi, encountering two significant problems: the resentment of the platform which asked the agency to eliminate an answer about Alessandro Borghi which he did not like and, above all, the fatal wrath of Rocco Siffredi who, after the publication of the piece, sent a series of voice notes to the journalist filled with sexist phrases which we don't feel like reporting – he published them Republicwho received those vowels directly from Toaff. Hence the will of Hyenas to bring the two together in order to smooth over what happened. The correspondent's approach Roberta Rei Siffredi is linked both to the desire to make him understand that he made a mistake and to the idea of ​​making him reconcile with Toaff, except that it is clear that something is not right.

Alessandro Borghi, Rocco Siffredi, Saul Nanni on the set of SupersexLUCIA IUORIO/NETFLIX

Rocco Siffredi is visually agitated, However, no one thinks it's worth understanding what's wrong. After her collaboration in hearing Toaff, Rei calls the journalist who she answers before making sure of an important thing, namely whether that phone call was recorded or not. Spoiler: it was. But, since it is a television program that still requires those directly involved to sign the release to be filmed, it was right that Toaff was warned. Things, however, take a turn for the better: Rocco Siffredi and Alisa Toaff meet, they more or less make peace until Siffredi, evidently not very aware of himselfcollapses in front of the camera, curses himself for having sent those vowels and for having had an inappropriate and inappropriate approach towards Toaff he gets up from the table crying and kicking the door hard.

Both Toaff and Rei are left visually disturbedbut the most shocking thing is the fact that the camera recorded everything and chose to broadcast what happened regardless of the fact that Siffredi was not well – something that was evident even to those who don't know psychology. Siffredi, by his own admission, suffers from depression and does not take drugs by choice: there was a need to point a camera at him just to fuel a type of morbid pornography that is becoming increasingly prevalent on television? In our opinion, no. This is not journalism – assuming that Hyenas have this claim -, but not even a good page of television. Only hunger for ratings at the expense of an emotionally unstable person who should have been preserved rather than thrown into the slaughterhouse as instead happened.