In an interview with Monica Setta, the showgirl explains that she is at a crossroads: “I would like to have a life less influenced by work and think more about my sentimental side.”
She still believes in love and family, despite disappointments. And she is convinced that Prince Charming exists, and “if you’re not willing to settle,” he will arrive. Valeria Marini opened up to Monica Setta in the latest episode of Stories of Women at a Crossroads. The actress and showgirl shared, “I would like to have a life less conditioned by work, by the pace, by travel, and think more about my sentimental side,” while still considering abandoning television. “I would love to have my own program,” she explained before talking about love and her important relationships. Among them is her relationship with Lorenzo Jovanotti, with whom it was “a stellar love, thus eternal. I really liked him and I love him a lot with his music. I saw him grow musically.” Their first meeting happened in a club: “We were both unknowns, he was a DJ, I was a model and” image girl… “He is unique to me, he has incredible energy.” “Is it true that he taught you how to kiss?” Setta presses her. “We definitely liked each other a lot; it was a very pure relationship.“.
Has she perhaps brushed against the Prince Charming before? “I met this person but due to a series of work-related reasons, we drifted apart, but when I see him again, my heart beats faster.” She then talked about the marriage to entrepreneur Giovanni Cottone: “My marriage was a glaring mistake, after that day my path shifted from paradise to hell; I found myself in incredible, terrible situations where I was followed, even persecuted, amidst economic difficulties,” she recounted during the show. He left immediately, they didn’t even spend their first wedding night together. She hired an all-female legal team, and the marriage was annulled by the Sacred Rota in four months. It came to light that he had hidden a previous marriage that was never annulled. However, she has kept photos and videos from that painful story. “Because I went to the altar with my father, and it was the last day I saw my father because then he passed away” she confided to the audience.
The mistake, then the return of love with Vittorio Cecchi Gori, four happy but stormy years due to the producer’s legal issues. They met at a David di Donatello ceremony, where he invited her to dinner the following day with a bouquet of roses. “He won me over with his charm. Love blossomed immediately; it lasted 4 years, then people in his entourage caused us to drift apart.” In between was the attempt to have a child through assisted reproduction, and a pregnancy that did not end well. A child “who I miss”. Having a child remains her dream; she sometimes thinks about it, including adoption. But first, “I need to have a stable partner.” In short, the Prince must arrive. She has experienced betrayal, but has never been left. “I have betrayed too, even though betrayal is not in my nature; however, I can forgive betrayal. What I cannot forgive? When someone makes a fool of you.” Among her past flings was one with Patrick Baldassari, former football prosecutor and entrepreneur with whom she participated in Temptation Island and who she left at the confrontation bonfire.