Sanremo 2023, Chiara Ferragni’s monologue at the Festival: full text

Hello baby: thus begins the monologue of Clare Ferragni to the San Remo Festival. A letter to herself and to all women, which talks about her life, true love, her children, but also the all-female feeling of not feeling enough.

Here is the full text:

«Hi baby, I decided to write you one letter. Every time I think of you it comes to me cry. Maybe because I miss you or I would like to let you out a little more. Show you what my life is now. Lots of people know me, even if not everyone really likes me. But I finally like myself. Want to know a little about yours future? I’ve always tried to make you proud. What I do I do for the little girl I was. At any stage of my life there was one thought in my head: I didn’t feel enough.

Every time I thought something of negative about me I thought about you too and you don’t deserve it. I want to tell you that you are enough and always have been. All those times you didn’t feel beautiful or smart enough, you were. It will happen again, this is one of those moments. The most important challenges are with ourselves.

Let’s talk about yours life. As you grow up, you will have all sorts of experiences. Enjoy the wind, even moments of anxiety. Cry, get angry, yell if you have to. They are part of you. Experience the roller coaster to the fullest, both when you go down and when you slowly climb up and the top never seems to arrive. We try to chase it away fear, but will often accompany you. You’ll have to jump. I’ve learned that if one thing scares you, it’s the right one. Only by risking can you win against the insecurities in your head. We all have fragile writing on our skin.

I have two children splendid. I won’t tell you anything about Faith, I don’t want to take away the surprise of discovering true love. You will become one mom you too, but you will always be the same person, with the usual doubts and insecurities. It will be easy to do parent? Never. It will be the hardest job of all. You will often feel guilty about being away from your children. Our society has taught us that when you become a mother you are just a mother. It makes you feel in guilt. A treatment that is never reserved for working men.

If you will always do your best for your children, you are one good motheralthough not perfect. She always celebrates your successes, even small ones. Never belittle yourself. As a woman you will face many battles, you will read hundreds of comments that will remind you of normalized sexism. Being a woman is not a limit, always fight to change things. I’m trying, even now. I would like to hug you and tell you that in the end everything will be fine and yes, I am proud of you».