Francesca De André arrives with her twin brother Filippo at Verissimo and the interview with Silvia Toffanin begins by asking her how she is after the latest domestic accident. «I ate detergent thinking it was yogurt. “I fainted and the next day I ended up in the hospital.” When it happened, she was on the phone with Filippo. «He told me that he had a bad stomach pain and that he wanted to go to the hospital, I told him ‘really’».

During the interview, there was strong criticism about Francesca’s appearance, with some netizens saying that she went overboard with cosmetic procedures and some writing that she was “unrecognizable.” There are also those who are tired of hearing his stories about his relationship with his father.

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Francesca and Filippo De André on Verissimo

The twins have lived every moment of their lives together. Their strength has been their union; she became a television personality and he became a chef. Two brothers united in their determination to succeed alone against all odds. And when Francesca has to face challenges in her private life, Filippo is there to support her, as always. They are stronger than any past that must be forgotten.

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difficult childhood

Their parents separated when they were 3 years old; They initially stayed with their mother and then went to an orphanage where they were separated. «She went to a foster home; She was always in the front line, I was in the back row. “I was shy and introverted and had a hard time understanding family disputes.”

Filippo De André, Francesca’s brother, guest today on Verissimo: “I broke off relations with my father because he hurt me”

The relationship with the mother

«I have always been very rebellious with a physical need to always express my opinion – says Francesca – My mother (Carmen Cespedes ed) she had 3 children alone and couldn’t understand me, then a conflictive relationship was born and I left because I had an internal problem. Before the orphanage, I lived with my father for a time and I still carry the traumas of that time.

Filippo explains what his sister was like when she was a child: “She was an erupting volcano, she saw home as a kind of discipline, my mother was very demanding.” He then ended up in a foster home from which he escaped at least 40 times. «My brother had a different relationship with my mother because he has a different character than mine, explains Francesca. We had completely different relationships. Today the relationship with my mother exists, but it cannot be defined as a mother-daughter relationship; We are two women. “I have a good relationship and we understand each other when we have a woman-to-woman relationship.” Filippo, on the other hand, who lived with his mother longer, gets along very well with her.

The relationship with the father

Filippo no longer has any relationship with his father, Cristiano De André. «You get to a certain point, and then everything collapses again, it’s always like that with him. To protect myself, I isolated myself. I forgive everything, but if the situation continues as it has been until now, it is useless.

And Francesca agrees: «If a family is harmful, it is better to get rid of it. I forgave my mother, but I have decided to eliminate my father because he is harmful; He is a person who does not have care, he has serious human problems. I don’t even know if he can really be my father; It is obvious aesthetically that we are related, but humanly it has nothing to do with me. I only did things that caused me problems. I live better without him. I have stopped wanting to insist on people in general. The only person I want to deal with every day is my brother.

Giorgio’s violence

Francesca’s ex-partner (Giorgio Tambellini) beat her and was convicted of the violence. «That night they overdid it with alcohol, I was on the couch, they dragged me by my hair to the floor, then they kicked and punched me, and before I passed out, I thought I wouldn’t survive. If I didn’t have the presence of mind to cover certain areas, I wouldn’t be here talking to you,” he reminds Toffanin.

«Afterwards I had a long period of depression, the book I wrote – It was not the heart – was an analysis that led me to the liberation of this sick mechanism. What happened with Giorgio was recreating what my father taught me, that was it. Because the unconscious habit of what I was used to reappeared.

But how is Francesca De André today? «I am not a determined woman, but conscience has led me to recognize my weaknesses. Certainly, today when I wake up I can look in the mirror and feel proud of who I have become. He was convicted, but I have not received any compensation, he has not understood at all what he did. His family did nothing, but rather paid his lawyers. I understand why people are afraid to report, I understand them, but they should do it, always. Fortunately my brother is in my life.