Jolanda Renga opens up about herself in her first television interview following the outbreak, which went viral on social media and was recorded in response to criticism of her appearance.
An outbreak that went viral on social media sparked one Jolanda RengaDaughter of the singer-songwriter Francesco Rega and from Amber Angiolini, his first approach to popularity. At just 18, Jolanda decided to respond to the haters who criticized her for her looks by posting a video on TikTok that quickly became popular. A month after this moment, the young woman speaks about herself in her first television interview, which will be broadcast in the episode of Verissimo on Saturday January 21st.
Jolanda Renga: “I cried for an hour after the first comments”
“Do you hear me say you’re ugly or you’re not as beautiful as your mother, it hurt me. I understood that it was an open wound,” said Jolanda in the study of Silvia Toffanin’s living room. “When I decided to make my Instagram profile public, I did it because I thought it could be a useful tool to say the things that are important to me about . By opening the profile, the first followers came and with them the first positive and negative comments. One day I saw a video that a boy dedicated to me to compliment me and out of curiosity I read the comments: they hurt me a lot and I cried for an hour. On the outbreak, which went viral on social media and was picked up immediately after reading these comments: “I picked it up immediately without asking my parents for advice. I wanted to do something for myself, but also for those who are going through a similar situation as me. What really made me happy were the stories from girls and mothers who thanked me for what I said. That was the biggest win.”
Jolanda Renga’s breakout that went viral
After those initial attacks on social media, Jolanda recorded an outbreak that immediately went viral on TikTok. “Hi, it’s me, the ugly daughter,” she began, still hurt after reading the mean words written about her by the haters, “You’re ugly,” they always tell me since I was a child was. When I see myself in the mirror, when I see myself in photos, I say to myself: “You are ugly”, “Your nose is ugly”, “Your smile is ugly”, “And legs are ugly”, everything is ugly”. She then added that she was hurt by those comments and chose to respond:
Video by Jolanda Renga: “I’m proud of myself, I don’t dream of being beautiful”
Instead of telling myself that, I decided to apologize. I’m sorry because I attached so much importance to the words of these people and that’s why I decided to give a general speech about it too: Luckily being beautiful isn’t my dream, nor is it my parents’ double. Actually my biggest wish in life is to do things that matter, important things, I want to try to make the world a little better. Instead of telling myself that, I decided to apologize. I’m sorry because I attached so much importance to the words of these people and that’s why I decided to give a general speech about it too: Luckily being beautiful isn’t my dream, nor is it my parents’ double. Actually my biggest wish in life is to do things that matter, important things, I want to try to make the world a little better. The important things are the ones you don’t see. I care a lot more about my soul than my face, my looks. Because that won’t last forever but my heart and soul will be the ones for life and so I prefer these to be nice and clean. For those who are like me, I want to say that you are so special and as long as you always care about and respect others, you will always shine in a different light. Good, kind people are really beautiful. Don’t let these people change that special and unique part and instead learn to appreciate it and make it a strength.