After speculation about the end of her marriage to Mario Russo, Samanta Togni speaks about her marriage in the studio of Una Volta Buona. Not everything is as it seems, even though there has indeed been a “earthquake” in their relationship, partially due to distance.
Samanta Togni, marriage in crisis: “Mario Russo and I have drifted apart. Now we are trying to understand what to do”
The earthquake in the marriage
The rumors about the crisis in the marriage with Mario Russo seemed confirmed by Samanta herself, when in an early September Instagram post she wrote in the description: “You die when you are betrayed, when they turn their backs on you.”
It is from these words that the interview on La Volta Buona begins. “I didn’t write the post – Samanta says – it’s like when you find a phrase from someone and share it, just because you like the words. I liked the idea conveyed by those words of ‘trying everything.’ But there has been no betrayal.” She adds, “There is much more than betrayal in life and marriage. We all have dark and difficult moments, but if there is a willingness to recover, the pieces can be put back together.”
Was there a crisis? “Absolutely yes. We have drifted apart, the ‘earthquake’ has been happening for a while.”
Did the distance contribute? “Yes, he has been working and living in Dubai for these years; in these almost 3 years I’ve been there, but I felt swallowed up. They were also years of discovery.” However, too much closeness, at times, creates more problems than physical distance. “I was drifting away from myself. To get closer to the other person, you risk drifting away from yourself,” continues the interviewee. “So I centered myself again.”
Then the crisis, which “was triggered by many things, not by betrayals. Then one can feel betrayed in many ways, for example in a project.” And what about the photos where the wedding ring was missing? “For me, marriage has great value. When I took it off, it was because I was no longer believing in my marriage. We had drifted apart a lot. That day I felt empty because I had dedicated and focused everything on this relationship. My nature is to be a woman full of life and projects, and I felt distant from myself, sucked away, I liked myself less and less.”
The crisis resolved and the “third persons”
And now has she put the ring back on? “Yes, the earthquake is gone,” explains the dancer, showing her hand. And how do you put the pieces of a marriage back together? “Starting from the feelings.”
Then the question about his decision to post a photo together with the description: “Sometimes we can also look in opposite directions, but what matters is that, in the end, like a GPS, we will always find each other.”
Did he post to make it clear that he was with her? Have people gotten in the way? “Yes, sometimes people have intruded in delicate moments,” but that’s not what concerns Samanta Togni. “As much as people may get involved – she continues – the responsibility for our reactions is ours.” And now? “Now we need time. The situation is in recovery, we are recovering the pieces we had lost.”
And for the distance, will she go to Dubai? “No,” explains Samanta. “It’s difficult to live a long-distance relationship, but it’s impossible to live far from ourselves.”
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