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ONE YEAR AFTER THE SEPARATION
OF ILARY BLASI AND FRANCESCO TOTTI

ILARY WANTS TO TELL HER SIDE
OF THE STORY FOR THE FIRST TIME

It's so personal that I just don't know…

I don't know, I follow my instincts,

whatever I feel like doing, you know?

The separation
of Francesco Totti and Ilary Blasi…

It's as if they were our royal family.

Francesco and Ilary are married.

I would have bet on them hands down.

They symbolized…

MAGICAL WEDDING

…family, love.

They were a great couple.

Ilary without Francesco

or Francesco without Ilary
was unthinkable.

Too bad it was all going to fall apart.

The end of Francesco Totti
and Ilary Blasi's marriage

announced in two press releases…

Sometimes they said too much.

Sometimes they said too little.
Sometimes they said false things.

Wow!

Everybody had something to say
about this story.

Ilary Blasi has hardly ever spoken.

I'd like to tell you my story.

After 20 years of marriage,
I see a different Francesco.

ONE AND ONLY

This news breaks.

TOTTI'S NEW LOVE INTEREST

What is this? Who do I believe?
Reporters or my husband?

I started feeling guilty.

I am sick and tired of…

He was fuming.

With an angry expression. A disaster.

The situation was clear.
He wouldn't admit it.

I wanted proof.

She suffered terribly.

Would your relationship be able to survive
an affair by either one of you?

No.

Write the title here.

-The title?
-Yes.

I couldn't believe

that the man who had been at my side
for 20 years, half of my life,

had done…

such a thing.

ILARY BLASI: THE ONE AND ONLY

Everybody's curious.
They want to hear Ilary's story.

I believed it.

I have never said a word about this story.

ILARY BLASI: THE ONE AND ONLY

Never. It's the first time I'm doing it.

SUMMER 2023

Do you feel the need
to clear things up lately?

To clear up a lot.

Because, you know,

I'm used to all sorts of news

that's either fake or

reported perhaps to get a scoop,
or get a like, so…

I'll tell my side.

Francesco is certainly
always pretty upbeat.

He always smiles. He's pretty chill.

I mean, in 20 years,

I don't remember
having any big fights with him.

I mean, seriously,
our relationship has always been happy.

Happy in every aspect?

We had sex regularly.

Perhaps more than other couples
that have been together for 20 years.

And then, this dry spell started.

Our physical relations…

became sporadic.

When did Francesco start to change?

Early November.

-2021?
-Yes.

A DIFFERENT HUSBAND

Suddenly, I started noticing

a husband who was quieter than usual,

standoffish, who went out a lot.

With an angry expression on his face.

Different.

Initially, the first few days,

I just observed, I didn't say anything.

Obviously, I asked at some point.

But he wouldn't give me any answers.

After a while,
after a month of this attitude,

I kind of started perceiving that he…

was a bit cross with me.

But it wasn't out in the open.

It was a feeling.

So I asked questions.

And all his answers

were vague, muddled.

In the meantime, our days went by,

and another month passed.

-I'll show you how to do it.
-You do it.

DEC 2021

Ilary is not an overtly affectionate,

maudlin woman, the kind that hugs you…

ILARY'S MOM

…gives little kisses…

However, Ilary has always been there
for Francesco. Always.

She can manage very well on her own.

It takes a while
for her to come and open up to you.

ILARY'S SISTER

I'm off.

That's her personality.
She was born like that. That's how she is.

ILARY'S SISTER

-Where to?
-Parioli.

Okay.

She's never told us anything.

From the outside, we've always seen
a couple with great chemistry.

What was I supposed to say?

"My husband seems off?"

"Why?" "I don't know."

In late January,

I think it was January 28th,

we went out for dinner
in a restaurant in Rome, in Parioli.

28 JAN 2022
THE DINNER

We had dinner with Alessia, her partner,

and two other couples,
old friends of ours.

Alessia is a dear friend of mine
who does my hair.

So in addition to being friends,
we also work together sometimes.

Once dinner was over,
we left the restaurant.

Before saying goodbye,
we chatted a little.

Some of us lit a cigarette,

some of us didn't.

Suddenly, Francesco

called Alessia and told her,
"Come with me for a second."

He turned to me and said,

"Actually, no, you come too."

So I followed him.

We go over there, and he said,

"Give me your phone."

So I gave him my phone.

He went on Instagram

and opened a guy's picture,

a profile.

"Do you know this guy?"

And we said, "Yes."

"Have you ever met him?"

And we lied to him.

We said, "No."

Because we sensed

that he was pissed off.

Hold on.

Can you tell me who this guy is?
Was he good-looking?

Yes, a handsome guy.

You know, between girls, we goofed around.

We were amused by the situation.

But it was all very friendly,

very playful, very amusing.

We were curious about this guy
because he led an unusual life.

How long did you deny it
before admitting--

No, it actually happened in a few seconds,

because as soon as we said,

"No, we've never met him,"

he let on that instead he knew

that we had actually met him.

And from then on,

it was a disaster.

He was fuming.

He kept repeating

a specific date,

October 11th.

So that's when I realized

he had taken my cell phone,
because he had my passcodes, everything.

And he had found

a text conversation
between Alessia and me,

where Alessia was chatting with this guy

and arranged to meet him for a coffee.

-Did you indeed meet for coffee?
-Yes, sure.

Would you read those messages to me?

-The texts between you and Alessia?
-Yes.

I have to get my phone.

There are voice messages too.
Will they be audible?

You tell me.

Well, wait, I have to scroll back.

-October 2021, right?
-Yes.

October 11th.

Here it is. It starts here.

Great. For the appointment,

we could have a blowout tomorrow
at eleven o'clock at a salon in Milan.

So you can wash your greasy hair.

I won't have to wash it, she will.

Then we'll go to lunch.

Is that okay with you?
If that's okay, I'll book for 11.

It's on March 22nd anyway,
and then we'll meet up with *****.

Just coffee or lunch?

I'd say lunch, so he'll pay for it.

No, I'm just kidding.

Coffee. But you tell me…

if you are okay with the meetup,
with the blowout, it's up to you.

This is my answer.
Wait. I had a bad cold. Listen.

That's fine. Sure, I can't go around
with that grease in my hair. Okay.

The blowout at 11 is fine, and then…

The fuck do I know? Call him. See if…

I mean, up to you, Ale.
Either coffee or lunch is fine.

It's up to you.
Call him, maybe he's not even there.

She wrote, "Send me his number."

And I replied,
"I thought you had it. Let me check."

"Oh, it should be this one."

So I sent her the number.

She sent me two screenshots
of her conversation with him.

Where they arranged to meet?

Yes. She said,
"Hi, are you Italian or what?"

And he wrote, "Hi, yes, I'm Italian."

"What's up? Are you in Milan?"

Alessia wrote, "Are you from Milan?"

And he said, "Yes. Light lunch
or coffee tomorrow? You pick."

So she sent me an "okay." I laughed.

He said, "Lunch at the Mandarin?"

She texted me the words
that made him go berserk.

"More private?"

"Let's invite him to our place."
And she said, "He said even at his place."

I wrote, "What do you think?
Is that close to the station?"

-She said, "The station or his house?"
-"His house."

"Okay."

So we decided
to go to his house for coffee.

It was close to the station.
We went with our suitcases.

We had a train at three.

CENTRAL STATION
MILAN

How long did you stay for coffee?

Forty minutes?

We chatted, had coffee,
smoked a cigarette.

So all the change in Francesco's attitude
that you noticed in November

was due to that coffee in October.

Exactly.

But I would never have imagined

that he'd come out with such a thing.

I mean, it was unimaginable to me.

I mean, I understand him being jealous,

I understand him getting pissed off,

perhaps feeling fooled,

his trust betrayed.

But in 20 years,

I'd never given you reason to doubt me.

It's not like you opened the door

and found me screwing another man.

For the first time in 20 years,

it's your turn to believe me,

given that in 20 years,

I was always the one
that had to believe and defend you.

Even with Fabrizio Corona

and the Flavia Vento thing,
before getting married.

And he answered…

"Well, I don't know how you managed

all these years."

"I'm not as good at it as you are."

"What does that mean, Francesco?"

"Well, this is the way I am.
I can't get that coffee off my mind."

Hang on. So, what? You got pissed off?

I didn't really get pissed off.
In fact, I started feeling guilty.

Because he kept saying

that I'd ruined everything…

that I'd killed him inside,

that he was dead inside.

"It's your fault."

"You brought this on."

"Why did you go for that coffee?"

So, I actually did feel…

guilty.

And I felt guilty for a long time.

For having had a coffee.

Because I put myself in his shoes.

And, like…

I almost…

I'm not saying I justified how he acted,
that's not the right word.

But…

I understood him.

And…

But…

I kept talking to him,
I was dealing with this…

this…

this problem.

And he wouldn't give an inch.

-I'll get a tissue.
-Yes.

Aren't there any tissues?

How come there aren't any tissues?

Who knows?

Here we go.

No, that's a panty liner.

Come on!

There's been a huge buzz
about the Ilary-Totti case.

Initially, it was a real psychodrama
that I didn't understand.

REPORTER

To me, it seemed like
a story limited to Rome.

But it grew bigger and bigger.

The New York Times ran
dozens of articles about it.

This story wasn't just about gossip.

It also spoke a bit
about the Italy of those years.

It's as if they were our royal family.

How wonderful!

A love story beyond most others.

Rome witnessed something wonderful.

We really thought this couple,

I'm being honest, would last a lifetime.

It was a certainty.

Yes. They're still two wonderful people.

I'm in the car with you.
Why do you say "they"?

THE ORIGINS

Okay, come with me.

I'll take you to my mother's.

She lives next door.

It's quite a walk, as you can see.
Here we are.

This is Oscar, my mom's dog.

Careful, he'll scratch you.

Oscar! Let's go.

Hi, beautiful.

-How's it going?
-I brought a few friends.

Don't play dumb.
Can't you see there is something unusual?

Good evening. Good morning, rather.

-They're friends of mine.
-Okay.

-Mom, let's have a coffee.
-Okay.

All right, so…

-For you, no sugar.
-Right.

I take sugar though.

I never dreamed
that she could get as far as she has,

because it all started as a game.

She was three, and a neighbor of mine

had her kids doing some commercials.

They were little girls too.

And she asked me
if I wanted my daughters to try as well.

I said, "Well… I don't know."

"They seem a bit introverted,
kind of shy."

She said, "Give it a try."

-Does it weird you out to see them there?
-A lot.

I definitely feel watched.

-And how old are you?
-Ilary is three years old.

Ilary. What a pretty, cheerful name!

That's how it started.

She did great, and went on
to do tons of commercials, really.

From three to seven or eight years old,

she must have advertised
every product you can imagine.

Cars, electrical appliances…

-Toys.
-Toys.

Everything.

When she was about ten,
they sort of stopped picking her.

She was getting tired of it,

because it was like a game,
but it still required sacrifices.

And so there was a stop.

Until the Pasapalabra audition came up.

-She had done…
-A lot of auditions.

She had done a lot of auditions,
but they had all been unsuccessful.

So, this audition for Pasapalabra came up,

and she said,
"Mom, I'll get on the train."

"If it goes well, fine."

"If it doesn't, I'll just quit, enough."

BORN TO BE "LETTERINA"

DR. GERRY AND MR. HYDE

I was so proud at school.

I mean, my sister was on TV.
She was famous. I was so excited.

STARSIGN: TAURUS
67 IN. OF CHARM

CLASS OF '81
MAGNETIC EYES

I started doing Pasapalabra.

I was 19 years old.

10 SEPT 2001

And…

and he was already Francesco Totti.

Rome is a city…

They say Rome is a cynical city
that believes in nothing.

So it's difficult to identify its symbols.

In my opinion, Francesco Totti
links back to a mythological image.

He was born in the center of Rome,
between the Palatine and Aventine hills,

where Rome itself was born.

He also links back to a mythology…

People stop him in the street,

trying to touch his right foot.

Similar to what they do
with Roman statues of holy figures.

The sacred foot of the champion.

I've never followed soccer.
And I still don't.

I didn't do it before, during, or now.

It's not a sport that I'm into at all.
In fact, it bores me.

Oh! A super soccer fan, Ilary!

No. She has absolutely no clue about it.

And after all these years,
she still hasn't gotten soccer.

On Christmas 2001,

my sister called me
to say she had met Francesco.

And she told me
that Francesco wanted to meet me.

We met through a mutual friend.

And that's when Francesco told me
that he wanted to meet Ilary,

that he already loved her, etc.

ILARY, THE "LETTERINA" ADDRESSED
TO THE CHAMPION'S HEART

So my sister and this friend of mine

arranged a meeting at a pub in Rome.

We were introduced. However…

You know,
in the hustle and bustle of the pub,

I didn't take that meeting very seriously.

Francesco and I basically spoke every day.

Every hour, I think.

After a while, I went back to Rome,

we went out to dinner all together,
and we got to know each other better.

He started texting me
very sweet messages, very timid.

Like, "How are you? What are you doing?"

And then, when I went down to Rome,
we'd all get together.

-It went on like this until January.
-So, it wasn't love at first sight?

Not in my case, no.

Then March came around.

And he invited me to the derby.

I wasn't sure I wanted to go,
so I said, "Look, I don't know."

"No, come. It'll be a great game."

I was a bit scared. I don't know…

-I… I wasn't sure.
-But did you like him?

Yes. Of course,
I'd started to like him, but…

The truth is,
I didn't want to be one of many.

And I think he was at his wits' end
trying to convince me.

Anyway, he invited me to the derby
because he was preparing a surprise.

And the surprise was

the t-shirt saying, "One and Only."

Again for Totti, the captain.

Totti's lob! Goal!

As soon as he scored,

his friends grabbed me
and kind of pulled me up, saying,

"Take a good look midfield!"

So, I was like, you know, looking for him.
I mean, I didn't understand.

A big boom, the crowd on their feet.

He kneeled down…

Well, you've all seen it.

And even the cheer "One and Only"
under the captain's jersey!

His friends told me, "It's for you."

With a dedication like that, done deal.

It's funny to think
that it all started from here,

and so many years have gone by.

So…

this is the memento

of that night, of all these years.

But…

I'm not sure if it belongs to me anymore.

THE BACKSTORY
OF HOW THEIR RELATIONSHIP STARTED

Two years went by.
The marriage proposal got more insistent.

Then, finally,
the actual proposal came in 2004.

He started coming to our house,
which was a humble abode.

You know? I felt a bit embarrassed.

I thought, "Well, he must be accustomed
to more elegant settings."

My house was like many other families'.

But he never acted like he was superior.

Is it true that when you were dating,

he drove up to your house in his Ferrari,

and you slammed the door against the wall?

-Yes, it's true.
-He told that story.

Sure! I told it too. Yes.

And he played it cool.

-What would you have done?
-Of course.

It was our first date. What could he say?

Only months later,
when we had more familiarity, did he say,

"Damn you!"

"But what could I say?"

-Did you know I got married here?
-I do.

-All of Rome knows it.
-Oh, yeah?

ARACOELI BASILICA
ROME

What a day!

I'm really glad you're getting married,
but also a bit worried.

Please tell me, next year,

after the wedding, you'll be with us
in October when we start again, won't you?

Well…

Is there room for an extra person?

Here.

-Yes.
-Because there'll be three of us.

I don't get it.

-You.
-Me.

-Me sitting over there.
-You.

And we'll need room for a baby carriage.

That's wonderful!

While getting ready for the wedding,

I found out I was pregnant.

So I got married in June 2005
while five months pregnant.

19 JUNE 2005

Joy was already in the air,

both because of the wedding day
and because Cristian was about to be born.

We wanted our big day
to be all about friends and family.

And so it was.

I didn't get a chance to enjoy it much,
especially Ilary's entrance in the church.

Because, since she was pregnant,

she had to go to the bathroom often.

So I went with her,
and then she entered on the double,

as if someone was running after her.

And I didn't make it in time

to go sit down and watch her entrance.

It was definitely a media event

because it was streamed live.

But as far as I am concerned,
it was just my sister's wedding.

Do you promise to love
and honor each other in marriage

for the rest of your lives?"

-I do.
-I do.

Francesco and Ilary are married.
Give them a round of applause.

When we came out of the church

and we saw all those people outside,

I thought, "Oh, okay."

MAGICAL WEDDING

From then on,
it was one thing after another,

because, after Cristian, I got pregnant
with Chanel during the summer.

It was as if I had twins.

So, they were really intense,
taxing years.

Then we all grew up. Children grow up…

and you feel that desire, you know?
That desire to be a mom comes back.

So we decided to have a third daughter,

being older and experienced.

And Isabel was born.

AT HOME WITH ISABEL

I've always seen them as very serene,
close, in love.

They were hilarious together.

They were a lot of fun.

INSEPARABLE EVEN IN DIVING

He has always been
very considerate and affectionate with me,

even in the conversations we had.

He's always respected me,
both as a mother-in-law and as a person.

That's what I liked about him. He was so…

humble, simple, despite…

his success, despite his popularity,

despite his fame.

He liked to do simple things,
like hang out with his old friends.

Just like me.

You might say
that our similar lives sort of met.

Ladies, welcome to London.

-Thanks, dear.
-London!

Francesco was all about family.
He liked children.

So I have no qualms about that.

They were a wonderful couple.

Because they were
Ilary and Francesco and vice versa.

A bit like Sandra and Raimondo, sort of.

FRANCESCO'S COUSIN

Where are they? Giorgia!

Ilary without Francesco

or Francesco without Ilary
was unthinkable.

We'll think about it.

I'm Giorgia. I'm married to Angelo.

My husband is Francesco's cousin.

They were like inseparable brothers
for almost 40 years..

Come have a look over here.

But now, their relationship
is no longer what it used to be.

If you don't buy these, you're a nobody.

They look good on you.

But every single time, they ask me,
"Where are you from?"

This lady also said, "Russian?"

Russian?

-Do I look Russian?
-Today you do, kind of.

Tell them how at first there wasn't…

You were obnoxious.

-Obnoxious…
-The first time I saw her.

She seemed like a femme fatale.

-Like this, with her red lipstick.
-Why? What was wrong?

"Nice to meet you."

-With her hand like this.
-That's not how I shake hands.

Not at all.

-Then it turned into love.
-It did.

Well, it's to cheer us up.
Because you girls…

-You sure cheer us up!
-At least I cheer you up a bit.

For goodness' sake,
you've been wearing us down all morning.

What have I done to wear you down?
Tell me.

You yell.

-You get up and yell.
-I don't.

When you get up, you talk.

-You're active.
-You yell.

That's not true. I don't.

For goodness' sake.

Then what happened?

After hanging out for a while…

she's amazing, she's incredible.

-I adore her.
-So I'm likable.

-Can you admit it?
-Yes.

Self-deprecating, funny.

A lot of good qualities.
She also has many flaws.

Lots.

She only hugged me for the first time
after seven or eight years.

-You sleep late in the morning.
-Yes.

I don't sleep late.
It takes me a while to get up.

I don't get up right away.

You don't sleep late,
you are "differently awake."

No, I like to get up
and have breakfast right away.

Yeah, because you go do
an hour on the treadmill.

You call people at 8:30 a.m.
while you're on the treadmill.

It's to pass the time.

-At 8:30 in the morning.
-I won't call you anymore.

Well, thank goodness.

Isabel was born in 2016.
Francesco already wasn't playing much.

They'd put him on the field
a few minutes before the end.

Francesco, in those days,
was quite depressed.

He wasn't the happy, joyful Francesco

we had known at the beginning.

So, he was going through
an intense, sad, tough period.

He was really down.

It's hard to be close to someone

who, in a way,
is going through his darkest…

hour?

During that time, Francesco suffered.

So maybe Ilary tried to have us around

to lighten up those days.

We all gave him support.

We understood
that it was a big step for him.

A major life change.

I believe that when you experience
that kind of adrenaline,

that thrill of the field,
the stadium, the roar, the fans,

the smell of the turf…

what you've always done,
probably since you were born…

And then the time comes

when you know that that thrill,
that adrenaline, and those times

are going to be gone forever.

But he had no choice.

It's the fate of all athletes.

27 MAY 2017

Angelo!

I remember the night before the farewell.

I called my friends, our friends,
and told them to get their scooters.

So, basically, they called me later on,
I opened the gate to the house,

and there were all the scooter headlights.

And he said, "What's going on?"
I said, "Come on, let's go."

"You can't sleep like this anyway."

So we drove around Rome.

We had ice cream.

In short,
it was the day before the farewell.

On May 28th, 2017,
Totti bids farewell to soccer.

It was as if it were a funeral,
without the deceased, obviously.

But everyone was mourning
the retiring champion.

A crowd of 65,000 people
gathered at the Olympic Stadium.

The city huddles before its gladiator,

awaiting a future that is uncertain.

I am proud and happy

to have given you 28 years of love.

I love you all.

Now I'll go down the steps…

The following days…

…in the locker room that welcomed me
since I was a kid…

…he was on the couch…

…and that I'm leaving now.

…watching his farewell on a loop.

I am proud and happy
to have given you 28 years of love.

But…

after that,

slowly, the days went by.

And…

and I must say he surprised me.

Because he reached that day
full of anxieties, emotions,

fear, anger.

He felt all these emotions.

As the days went by,
it seemed to me as if,

little by little,

he was regaining some serenity, some…

That he made peace with it.

That's how it seemed to me.

I don't know

if he made peace with it, I don't know.

Who knows…

And Ilary's career started flying high,
at a time when he was retiring, basically.

ILARY BLASI, FORMER "LETTERINA"
AND TOP MEDIASET HOST

A SUPER SEXY PANTHER ROARS ON "LE IENE"

I feel like a princess, I swear.

Call me Princess Ilary from now on.

Good evening and welcome
to La Isla de los Famosos.

The best is yet to come.

Welcome to the grand finale
of Celebrity Big Brother!

You don't have to be a psychologist

to figure out that this
must have had a big impact on him.

A man who, at the age of 40,

finds himself to be a king in exile,
no longer reigning.

It was the most difficult time
in our relationship.

Except for what happened later.

Indeed. Let's go back
to where we left off.

28 MAY 2017

Rumor has it that he's dating Noemi.

I am sick and tired of having to deny it.

He was fuming.

I started feeling guilty.

It was January 28th
when he came out and said it.

That's when I understood that his silence,

his anger,

his vagueness

was all because of that coffee.

So from then on…

a series of guilt trips started.

Because he made sure I was feeling guilty.

21 FEB 2022
END OF A FAIRY TALE?

In February, ironically,

this news breaks.

TOTTI AND ILARY IN THE FINAL THROES?

On 21st February 2022,

the first news broke
on the Dagospia website,

talking about a crisis
between Francesco Totti and Ilary Blasi.

After 20 years of love and three children,

the marriage of Totti and Ilary,
a couple symbolizing the capital, is over.

Their 20-year relationship
now seems to be ending.

An Italian website started the rumor

and it has crossed national borders,
even though it has not been confirmed.

The day after,
a name got published. Noemi Bocchi.

NOEMI BOCCHI, 34,
IS FRANCESCO TOTTI'S NEW LOVE INTEREST

And with a full name, the news
suddenly gained significance, it got real.

It was in all the newspapers.

Corriere della Sera, what else?
Repubblica, Messaggero.

Making it out to be for certain.

You think, "Good God, people are so mean."

That's what you think.

"How dare they make such presumptions?"

We just thought that it was all made up.

The stadium, in this case the Olympic,

is a sort of a theater
and an altar to Totti.

It's impossible not to notice
the young Noemi Bocchi.

If she's at the stadium,
it's proof that something is going on.

This news breaks.

For me, it was like,

"You see?"

"It's happened to you now,
so give me some explanations."

"What's this all about?"

"I don't know who she is."

"What do you mean?"

"They published her first and last name."

"With a picture."

"So, whoever took that picture

knows who she is."

"They write all kinds of nonsense.
As if I know."

"They must have introduced her to me
at a padel club."

"I've seen her maybe twice.
She asked me for a picture for her kids."

"Like the billions of people
who want a picture with me."

And indeed,
there was nothing odd about it.

And he said, "Look at the picture."

"She's, I don't know, five rows back.
From this angle, you can't tell."

"She's not sitting next to me."

He seemed really confident. Very sincere.

And…

at that point…

I called my mother.

I asked her if she could come over.

And then I broke down.

I had never seen her cry like that.

At some point, I got scared.
I thought, "What's going on here?"

Even because,
looking at the picture, looking closely,

it didn't look suspicious to us at all.

And Francesco said,

"No, I don't know her."

So, I mean, if that's what he said…

After 20 years being with a person,
I think you can,

I mean, trust what he tells you.

So I told him,

"If what you're saying is the truth,

you can't turn a blind eye."

"You can't keep quiet."

"I think you should do something."

So he decided to issue a denial.

In the past few hours,
I have read in the media

a lot of things about me

and especially about my family.

This is not the first time
I have heard this fake news.

I'm talking to all of you
who write these things,

you should act with caution,

because there are children involved,

and children should be respected.

And frankly,
I am sick and tired of having to deny it.

Who should I believe?

Reporters

or my husband?

Who swore, first to me…

and then in front of the kids.

He swore

that… it was all made up.

He swore it.

What would you have done?

Totti's denial,
which came on February 22nd,

was not very believable.

There was, as it were, an excess of zeal.

Perhaps there was no need for it.

As Andreotti used to say,
who was a big fan of Roma FC, by the way,

"A denial is a piece of news given twice."

But he was criticized for this denial.

TOO BAD IT DOESN'T DISPROVE A DAMN THING!

A weak, half-hearted denial.

TOTTI'S DENIAL? NOT CONVINCING

Of course, now

I know the reason why.

On February 22nd, these pictures came out.

And these news articles
started to pin a series of names on me.

Men's names.

A whole list.

BLASI'S ALLEGED FLIRTATION
WITH TV COLLEAGUE

I didn't understand…

I couldn't manage to figure out,
to make sense of what was happening.

Shortly thereafter
La Isla de los Famosos was going to start.

And it is common practice to appear
on Verissimo to promote the show.

Obviously, it was a hot topic.

So I warned him. I said, "Look,
they're gonna ask me about it for sure."

And he said,

"Feel free to say what you like."

"I have nothing to hide."

So I went there

like a kamikaze.

Full on.

A lot has been said about this story,
perhaps even too much.

BLASI FURIOUS ON TV:
"CRISIS WITH TOTTI? DISGUSTING"

They linked names to me,

while Francesco was linked
to the name of a girl called Noemi.

SOMEONE'S BEHIND THIS

"LOUSY MEDIA CIRCUS"
BLASI SPILLS THE BEANS

Complete with a picture, at the stadium.

ILARY RESPONDED TO EVERYTHING

I don't know her,
but the most shameful thing

was that national newspapers
of a certain credibility,

such as Corriere della Sera,
Repubblica, and Messaggero,

presented it as confirmed news,

as if it were for certain.

And they made an ass of themselves.

ILARY BLASI DOESN'T MINCE HER WORDS

Looking back at myself, what an idiot.

She was positive.

An idiot.

She was totally convinced
that it was fake news.

She was positive, but so were we.

Cristian went to the stadium with him.

So, what are you doing?

You take your son to the stadium
and bring along your mistress?

Something like that is unthinkable.

I used strong words.
I called the papers "asses."

Because I had discussed it
with my husband,

so I was sure.

And I really wanted to convey the message,

"Don't you dare
make these conjectures again

because you have nothing
to show me, to prove it."

TOTTI & ILARY, NOEMI POPS UP IN THE CRISIS
SNAPPED WITH HIM AT THE STADIUM

Francesco, on the other hand,
despite all this,

didn't even care

about what the papers had said about him.

Because to him, it was all bullshit.

What mattered to him

was the coffee I had.

In fact,

he presented me with a choice.

And he said,

"For me to be able to trust you again,

you can't ever see Alessia again."

"You have to delete
all your social networks,

change your phone number,

and then stop working."

"Francesco, what you're asking me

is to choose between

my life and yours."

"I choose me."

"Because that's not the way
to gain back trust."

"Those things don't help."

When I didn't agree,

he…

saw it as me not caring about the family,
not caring about him.

Then in May, at a certain point,
Francesco went away for a while,

like five or six days,

because he had a commitment
in Monte Carlo,

and then the final
of Roma FC in Tirana, in Albania.

So he was doing all this in one go.

In early June,

Alessia got a phone call

from someone.

A paparazzo.

REVELATIONS

Who wanted to talk to me

because he had
important things to tell me.

So I came down from Milan by train.

I met him
at the hotel near Termini Station.

I said, "Okay, let's have coffee."

-So--
-You shouldn't have coffee.

You're right. Coffee is terrible.

Never have coffee. It's dangerous.

We sat down, and he told me

that he had a picture.

He showed me the picture.

"PUPONE" CAUGHT WITH NOEMI

In a hot tub,
you could see Francesco, a friend of ours,

and a woman from behind.

Again, they implied,

"Francesco's in Monte Carlo

with his girlfriend."

I know that hot tub very well,

because I've been going
to Monte Carlo for 20 years.

It's a hot tub located at the hotel's spa.

It's public. You sit on the terrace.
They have sunbeds. There's a restaurant.

So it's public.

I knew Francesco had gone to Monte Carlo.

He had told me he was going.

You're not showing me her face.

Why are you publishing it from behind
if you think it's her?

Why not wait
until she gets out of the hot tub

and take a frontal shot?

Right? What kind of proof is this?

So I went home and talked to my husband.

I asked for explanations, picture in hand.

And he said,
"She must be some foreign lady."

"It was full of people. I don't know.
How am I supposed to remember her?"

"See how no newspaper has reported this?
Did it make the news?"

"No one believes this story anymore."

He was cold, confident.

Convincing.

Then I understood.

I understood why those pictures
were taken from behind.

But I understood that later.

What did the paparazzo want from you?

Apparently, around Rome,

rumors were building up

and spreading rapidly

about Francesco
basically leading a double life.

When it comes to certain things,
Rome is a bit mendacious.

It will cover up mischief.

Romans are gossipy, very gossipy.

Everyone knew that Totti loved to eat
both sweet buns with whipped cream

and women.

Did they cover for him?

-I think so.
-Well, who knows.

Watch the road, Primo.

Consider that Rome is a city
that talks trash about everyone.

You hear some crazy rumors.
Sometimes they can get fierce.

Everything gets mixed and muffled
because everyone says everything,

but no one says anything substantial.

Rome knew.

But I only found out later that Rome knew.

No one ever said a word to me.

I even put myself in people's shoes.

Who would want to interfere?

In a family that's so great.

So symbolic.

25 JUNE 2022
CERTAINTY

The last two weekends of June,

I was hosting La Isla de los Famosos
twice a week,

going back and forth.

He took Isabel, our youngest daughter,

and they went out to lunch.

The first weekend,
this little girl went out to lunch,

and came back from this lunch

with lots of toys.

And she actually told me
that she was given all these toys. I…

was still preparing for the grand finale,
I didn't have a lot of time, so…

I asked her, "Who gave you these toys?
Where did you go?"

"We went out for lunch
with some friends."

You know…

Okay.

The second weekend,

she came back with toys,
"the new friends, people."

1 JULY 2022

I asked her, "Who are these kids?"

"Do you recall their names?
Are they boys or girls?"

She thought about it and said,

"Yes, there's this girl…"
And she didn't tell me her name.

She told me her nickname,
what they called her.

I said, "Does she have
a brother or a sister?"

"Yes, she has a younger brother."

And she told me his name.

That's when…

I remembered from newspaper articles

that this girl had kids.

TOTTI'S NEW GIRLFRIEND HAS KIDS,
A GIRL AND A BOY

Gradually, I started connecting the dots.

So,

I made a few calls

to find out

her kids' names.

And it all matched up.

Finally,

I had the answer.

I mean, I couldn't believe…

I couldn't believe…

that the man…

who had been at my side for 20 years,

half of my life,

who…

had always said

that he loved me,

that…

he couldn't live without me…

had done…

such a thing.

I felt…

I felt stupid.

Then…

I felt…

disappointed…

disgusted…

a little angry, but…

lighter.

Lighter, because…

the feeling of guilt was gone.

It had vanished.

-Everything all right?
-Yes.

Ready?

-Yes.
-Okay.

July 2nd.

-You became aware of the fact that…
-That it was all true.

What happened?

What happened is…

that I wanted to see it for myself.

And I wanted proof.

THE INVESTIGATION

Because he was never going to admit it.

So I needed solid evidence.

And that very… night,

he said he was going out to dinner. So, I…

called Giorgia.

I said, "You have to go with me."
And I told her everything.

She came over around 11:00 p.m.

You have to wear your seatbelt.

I told her she couldn't say anything
to her husband, Angelo.

What did you tell Angelo?
What was the excuse that…

Oh man, Ennio's tarot reading.

I told him, "Since Francesco's not home,
Ennio is going over,"

a friend of ours that Angelo knows,

"with a friend of his
who does tarot readings."

-Since we like that…
-We are a bit…

It's fun for us.

And Angelo said,
"Do you really have to go?"

I said, "No, I really want to go.
Ennio's friend is going away."

Not least because these tarot cards
were to reveal the truth.

Exactly!

I managed to get the address

where this girl lived.

No doubt in my mind,
but I still wanted to go see it.

So we went there.

-You were distraught.
-Yes.

I was distraught.
I couldn't imagine such a thing.

When she told me, I kind of…

No, please don't, Giorgia.

Your personality is a blessing.

If it were me,
I'd have wound up in a mental hospital.

Do I have to hug you now?

See? I hug you…

All right, so…

We got there, and…

We got there,

and there it was…

-The car.
-The parked car.

When we saw the car,
I couldn't believe it. I said, "No."

Well, you couldn't believe it…

-Yes, but up until the very end…
-We knew it.

I know, but up until the very end,
I guess you always hope…

Ilary got out first.

There was a low wall. She looked over.

She saw…

I couldn't see much, actually.
I heard voices.

I heard giggling, as if there was

some kind of dinner,
a party going on in the garden.

But obviously,

I was also afraid to lean too far out.

So I went back to her car…

And then she said,
"I'll tell you what. You get out."

"Maybe you are less recognizable than me."

I was about to do the same thing,
when I heard someone saying,

"There's someone there!" Like…

She ran to the car, got in….

She had moved over to the driver's seat.

And I told her,
"Oh my God, they saw us. Run!"

Fleeing, she put it in reverse…

Boom! A terrible crash.

She basically hit a tree.

-Was it a tree?
-Yes.

I don't even remember.

I wasn't thinking about anything,
not even our whereabouts.

I was worried about the car.

Did you tell Angelo the next day?

What?

Where we went.

No, I told him
that the tarot reading was good.

He asked me about the tarot cards.

We ended up laughing
because it was all so surreal.

Even daring, I would say.

Did you take a picture?

Of the car? Yes.

Yes, but…

I kept quiet. I immediately hired
a private investigator.

How did you find
this private investigator?

I called my agent and asked
if she could find me one in Milan.

Because I was afraid
that if he was from Rome,

he would have omitted something.

Mrs. Blasi had a well-founded,
solid suspicion of marital infidelity.

ILARY'S PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR

She wanted to know the truth.
She wanted to gather evidence.

She provided us with a lot of helpful data
to get the investigation going.

Pictures, vehicles
that her husband could use,

and even an address,

which she believed could be related

to her husband's mistress.

July 5th.

Francesco told me
that he was taking Isabel

to dinner at a friend's restaurant
with other friends and their kids.

But I knew he wasn't going to go
to that restaurant.

He was going elsewhere.

Consequently,

we went to the address
provided by Mrs. Blasi,

and there we saw his friends' vehicles.

And we thought, "What do you want to bet
that he left his car parked far away

from a point of interest
that is compromising for him

and had his friends drive him from there?"

It was already the dead of night

when they brought him back to his vehicle.

And from there, he went back home.

So you had your evidence.

-Yes and no.
-Why?

Because…

the investigator got caught.

It really is a tragicomedy.

But how?

I don't know, you can ask him yourself.

Unfortunately, we couldn't complete

our operation successfully

because we were exposed.

There was a security guard
watching out for fans and stalkers.

Consequently,

we were no longer in the condition
to take photographic evidence.

So, if he got caught,

that means that Francesco knew
that you knew.

Of course.

The funny part is that…

the night before, he wanted to be with me.

Sexually.

And I…

obviously…

said no.

The next day,
he was in our bedroom, in the bathroom.

6 JULY 2022

I asked him, "What happened last night?"
And he wouldn't admit it.

He was still trying to clutch at straws.

I told him, "Come on, that's enough."

"I know everything."

So I told him everything I knew.

He said,

"Do you realize what you've done?"

"You got an investigator involved."

"I sure did."

"Because you didn't tell the truth

and hid all the evidence."

In the end, I cornered him,

and he said it.

But he didn't say
that it was a serious relationship.

He described it as if

they started dating kind of casually.

It didn't mean much.

He was good at bullshitting.

I know that now.

To me, cheating signifies
a lack of integrity.

It's when you lose not only trust,

but respect.

Even with my husband,
if I had doubted something,

I don't know if I could have forgiven him.

You just can't get over being cheated on.

Because your instinct tells you
not to get over it.

If something is broken, it's broken.

Then again,
why should I get over being cheated on?

But by then,
it wasn't about accepting cheating.

At that point it was about

humiliation as a woman and as a mother.

The situation was clear.

And there was only one path
for me to take.

11 JULY 2022
THE SEPARATION

It's official, the final split…

The end of Francesco Totti's marriage…

After 20 years, the love between
Francesco Totti and Ilary Blasi sinks.

With the announcement
of a joint press release.

But it didn't go out because
they didn't find a common ground,

just like politicians.

In the press release, he wanted to write

that he had done everything he could
to save this marriage.

And I didn't agree because it wasn't true.

"I have tried to overcome the crisis,

but our painful separation
is no longer avoidable,"

the ex-captain of Roma FC has declared.

"After 20 years together,
the marriage is over."

And Rome, from being quiet…

TALK RUNS WILD

…it's as if it started to talk.

This couple
hadn't been an item for some time.

These rumors had been going around,
you could feel it in the air.

Her, him…

They talked about everything.
Rolexes, handbags…

A soap opera.

So after that…

PHOTO OF 25 MAY 2022
PUBLISHED 11 JULY 2022

…more pictures
from the stadium in Tirana came out.

NOEMI BOCCHI IN TIRANA

Photos of him leaving her house.

NOEMI GOES HOME AND TOTTI JOINS HER

The puzzle pieces began to take shape.

Then in August,

exactly two months after
the Monte Carlo pictures,

I was contacted by a newspaper editor.

He told me that a bunch of pictures
had landed on his desk in May.

And he showed them to me.

And they were the pictures

where you could see Noemi clearly.

Remember how I couldn't grasp
why we only saw that woman from behind?

Well, the editor told me
that he had obviously contacted Francesco,

who had been really worried and desperate.

And he had asked him not to publish them.

And I believe that the paper, the editor,

in order to protect

the family

and perhaps Francesco's image…

No newspaper could afford to say

that Totti and Ilary
had ended their marriage.

It would have resulted in a loss
of 40,000 sales for a Roman newspaper.

-Sure.
-'Cause in Rome, Totti is the eighth King.

The press was always against me.

He was referred to…

BETWEEN THE FORMER "LETTERINA"
AND SOCCER CHAMPION

…as "champion," "captain,"
and I as "former Letterina."

THE FORMER "LETTERINA"
CURRENTLY EARNS MORE THAN THE CAPTAIN

I think Francesco was right.

What do you mean?

He was hurt about something that maybe…

That I did?

Yes, you took the first step.

I think the Noemi thing came later.

That's the impression I got.

Because you must've spoken about it
with your colleagues.

-Right?
-Yes.

But I think that's what most people think.

What hurt me the most
was not being understood.

Almost as if to say,
"Well, didn't you know he was like that?"

No.

No.

I married Francesco Totti for love.

Not for money.

And I've always demonstrated it publicly.

I defended him against Spalletti.

Like on February 21st,
when Spalletti sent him home.

"Spalletti acted in a petty way."

Criticism on President Pallotta,
who "should switch on his brain"

before talking about Francesco.

And I defended him
against Fabrizio Corona.

What your husband wrote is bullshit!

-Do you want to know how it went down?
-I already know.

Did it bother you to get cheated on
a month before your wedding?

Happens to everybody!

You put on that whole show 13 years ago,

but I'm not buying it.

Turn off the live feed!
Bye, Fabrizio, have a good life!

And why did I defend him?

Because I've always believed my husband.

-Guys, a toast.
-Yes.

To what?

This toast is to thank you
for everything that's happened,

for having stood by me during the most,

let's say,

peculiar, confused,

crazy time of my life.

-Thank you.
-Cheers.

-Thank you. To you, to us.
-Cheers!

Cheers.

On 11th September 2022,

Francesco Totti gave his famous interview

to Aldo Cazzullo in the Corriere.

TOTTI, "ILARY? I DIDN'T CHEAT FIRST."

He said, "I was fragile,
I had lost my bearings,

and Ilary didn't understand
how serious my distress was."

"My wife, when I needed her the most,

was not there for me."

"There was no dialogue anymore,
there was nothing left."

I was dumbfounded.

"She was never there for him,"
are you kidding me?

Everyone saw that she was.

She might not have been physically there
on some things,

but she's always been behind him.

"I didn't cheat first."

"In September of last year,
I started hearing rumors,

"'Look, Ilary is seeing another man.
More than one, in fact.'"

Portraying an ex-wife

as a loose woman.

Even if it were true,
you don't say things like that.

Wouldn't it have been better,

I don't know, to keep quiet, instead?

The kids might read that one day.

I FOUND THE MESSAGES ON HER PHONE,
IT WAS A SHOCK

My whole world fell apart.
A person fell apart.

I could no longer recognize
the young man that I had known.

In addition, Totti accused Ilary

of having taken his watches.

And everybody wondered, "What watches?"

And he said that he had
this Rolex collection at the bank,

and Ilary went there with her father

to snatch up
all those collectible Rolexes.

So basically,
I'm not just a slut, but a thief too.

15 JUNE 2022
SPITE

Here's what happened. In mid-June,
I opened the safe deposit box, and I took…

my watches, the ones I had bought myself,

and his gifts.

And I left the other watches,
his, in the deposit box.

Saying "watch collection,"
he made it sound like I took 30 of them.

In this interview,

Totti said
that Ilary took his Rolex collection,

and that he hid her handbags.

He spent the month of August in Sabaudia,

and since he had the kids,

I went for a week

on a catamaran in Croatia with friends,
and I took Isabel with me.

I have a shoe closet with an armored door

where I keep all my shoes and handbags.

It's just mine, a room all to myself.

I locked the door before I left
and took the spare key with me as well.

Because I know Francesco.

It wasn't until later
that I found out that armored doors

have three to five spare keys.

So I got back from the cruise,

I opened my shoe closet,

and it was completely empty.

Empty.

He literally left me barefoot.

"It's all gone. He cleared it all out.
He left me nothing to wear."

And he made me an offer,
"Give me back my watches,

and I'll give you back your stuff."

Are you, like, 12?

And I said, "No, because you know
that you gave me those watches."

Then the whole month of September went by.

In mid-October,
I wanted to use the wellness zone.

And the door wouldn't open.
I grew suspicious.

So I figured if it was locked,

my shoes and handbags were inside.

The next day, I arranged

for a locksmith to come
and try to open this door.

My architect and the locksmith came over,

pressed the button and the door opened.

They looked at me as if to say,
"Are you stupid?"

I said, "I swear.
This door was locked until yesterday."

It opened and I went in,

convinced I'd find what I sought
in the changing rooms,

my handbags and my shoes.

Instead, everything was perfectly tidy,

and more importantly, it was empty.

When I turned back,

I noticed that there was an armored door

that led to a technical room.

And this door was locked.

Excuse me. I need you again.

I got the locksmith mixed up in this,
and he didn't know what was going on.

He must have thought I was crazy.

I was there, feeling anxious,
hoping there was something inside.

I couldn't tell him what had happened.

He must have thought,
"This is a madhouse."

It must have taken him 15 or 20 minutes.

He was all sweaty.

Oh, finally.

I went in, I had a look around.

I made my way, which was a forced path,

until I got

to the end.

Here it is!

Here's the treasure!

Maybe.

Here it is, yeah.

I was laughing about it,

and I was happy because I found my stuff.

So happy!

But then I realized
that they weren't all there.

In fact,

most of them were missing.

There should have been
more shoes and handbags.

I thought, "Where could they be?"

A day went by.

Basically, around 11:00 p.m.,

I had an illumination, shall we say,

and I remembered that up here

there was an attic
that could hold pretty heavy loads.

So what did I do? I got the ladder.

I climbed it,

I pushed with all my strength

on the padded square, I removed it,

lifting it like this,

and moving…

I went up a bit higher.

I climbed. I stuck my head through.

I looked in…

Ceiling, interspace…

And I saw all of it.

That's where all the boxes,
the handbags and the shoes were.

Both on this side and on the other side.

I have to say
that taking them down was an arduous task.

Look at them there, all hidden away.

I stayed up until 2:00 a.m.,
I called my mother, the nanny…

It was a hassle to take that stuff down.

I loaded it all onto a golf cart
that we had around the house,

and took it to my mom's.

So I put everything in a safe place.

I felt gratified.

Obviously, I was happy

that I had found my stuff.

But above all,

it was the slap in his face
that I had found it.

There is one hard fact though.
That he was still living at home.

Yes. He stayed for five months.

Actually, he would only come over
for a day or two.

Other days he wouldn't show up.

Then he would reappear. I mean…

You could never tell.
I didn't know his schedule.

He could come back
at five in the afternoon,

or at two in the morning,
or he wouldn't come home for the night.

SEPARATED AT HOME

People don't know…

He went to Dubai,

and on the red carpet, he introduced…

NOEMI BOCCHI IN DUBAI
WITH AN 8,000 EURO BRACELET

…his new partner.

And then he came back from Dubai

to live in our house.

SEPARATED AT HOME FOR MONTHS
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It went on for five months.

I thought and hoped that,
at some point, he would just leave.

I mean, you're in a relationship.
What are you doing here?

Towards December, Francesco told me

he'd like to go on a Caribbean cruise
for New Year's and the Epiphany.

And he wanted to take
our three kids with him.

I didn't agree.

Because I wasn't comfortable
leaving a six-year-old girl

with her dad and his new partner.

It seemed a bit premature.

In order to go,
he obviously had to have my consent.

He was more and more in a hurry.

So, at some point,
I found myself at a crossroads.

So…

I resorted to a ploy.

I told him,

"Okay."

"I'll give you my consent to go."

"And when you come back, you'll move out."

"Otherwise, I won't give you my consent."

He was in a tough spot

because other people
were traveling with him.

They had organized a group,

so they were all hanging
on that situation.

So the choice was kind of…

obvious.

I even felt a bit

like I was using Isabel
as a bargaining chip, you know?

But for the well-being of our children…

on January 11th,

he left the house.

I hope she gets her smile back.

The one she…

Hold on.

Damn it.

Right at the end.

To stay just the way she is, always,

because she's cool, she's strong,

and she's good at her job.

Anything can happen.

They could get back together

or split up for good.

As long as they do it in a civil way,

so that they can, I don't know,

raise their children together.

That's all.

When he left home,
those 20 years didn't go away,

because to me, those 20 years

will always be there.

I mean, you can't just erase 20 years.

It would be…

It would be stupid. Why?

It really was a beautiful love story.

A happy marriage.

I have no regrets about those 20 years.

I am aware that things can end.

It happens.

What's important is how they end.

The end of Francesco Totti's marriage…

The way you deal with things.

He had an affair…

I expected my husband
to sit in front of me

and tell me himself,

or to accept his responsibilities.

A fairy tale that lasted 20 years.

Would your relationship be able to survive
an affair by either one of you?

No.

By either one of us.

It wasn't in our marriage agreement.

Absolutely not.

And he knew it.

And he tried to protect it

by lying until the very end.

Sometimes, though,
you have to surrender to surprises,

accept life's events,

and keep going, move forward.

ILARY BLASI: THE ONE AND ONLY

I want to ask you one last question.

All this mess,

as absurd as it may seem,
happened because of a coffee?

It would seem so.

Would you have that coffee again?

I'd do more than that, at this point.
No, come on, I'm kidding. Edit it out.

Bye, Primo. Thank you.

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