Cristiana Ciacci, daughter of Little Tony, expresses to Fanpage.it her outrage at the words of Gino Paoli about her father and mother Giuliana Brugnoli, uttered at the 2023 Sanremo Festival: “He called my father a cuckold and a little good to my mother. Very bad insult, out of place, taken out of context, inappropriate, indelicate and even ignorant because it hurts the memory of my dead parents.
Gino Paoli and the anecdote about Little Tony in Sanremo 2023, Cristiana Ciacci defends her father
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The daughter of Little Tony, Christian CacciShe is deeply outraged by the words spoken Gino Pauli on the stage of Sanremo Music Festival 2023. The singer-songwriter shared an anecdote involving singer Little Tony. His story, which also embarrassed the conductors amadeus And Gianni MorandiWas:
Little Tony had become a cantagiro, then he returned home and his wife… that is, his wife, the wife he had, all the friends he had made at Tony’s house. He takes, comes to Viareggio where I used to sing and asks me: “How do you do it when a woman cheats on you?” I had written a song “Even if” and he said to me: “You wrote For that you need to know what happens when a woman makes a fool of you”. He came up to me and asked me something like that. You realize?
Cristiana Ciacci, understandably offended by the anecdote told, asked for a public apology, which never came. Therefore, he is considering taking legal action and suing Gino Paoli. He spoke about it in an interview with Fanpage.it:
I am evaluating the lawsuit against Gino Paoli. He called my father a cuckold and my mother a good-for-nothing. It’s not true that they all thought about it. A very bad insult, out of place, taken out of context, inappropriate, indelicate and even ignorant because it offends the memory of my dead parents. My uncle, Alberto Ciacci, has been crying for a week. As a daughter, I don’t allow anyone to throw mud at my father and mother. Gino Paoli has not yet dared to apologize publicly or privately.
Cristiana Ciacci defends Little Tony after the words of Gino Paoli in Sanremo 2023
Gino Paoli spoke about Little Tony on the stage of the 2023 Sanremo Festival and said that at the time of Cantagiro he was repeatedly betrayed by the woman next to him.
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He was referring to my mother. Paoli corrected himself from wife to mate, because at the time my parents weren’t married, the wedding was celebrated in ’72. The year he is referring to is 64, and that year my mom and dad were already dating.
What hurt you the most about this story?
Everything Gino Paoli said. Totally out of context comment. Amadeus had already introduced him, the lights were dimmed and all he had to do was start singing, the music had started too. Instead he stopped and pulled this thing out of nowhere. A very bad insult, out of place, taken out of context, inappropriate, indelicate and even ignorant because it offends the memory of my dead parents.
Remember that Little Tony passed away in 2013 and his mother, Giuliana Brugnoli, died in 1993.
Yes, he called my father a cuckold and my mother a good-for-nothing, two dead men who can’t answer in any way. I’m an only child, I have to take care of this matter, at least I have to express my disappointment, even if it didn’t provoke any reactions from the other side.
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So the public apology you asked Gino Paoli for hasn’t arrived yet?
Neither public nor private, and I already know they will never arrive. I ask for a public apology as the offense was public. We need an awareness to have the balls* to say “I said bullshit, I was wrong, I apologize”. If you don’t have the courage to apologize publicly, at least do it in private. Find my number, call me and apologize.
Little Tony
How did Little Tony’s brother, bassist Alberto Ciacci, react to this story?
My uncle has been crying for a week. Also this morning he kept crying because of this thing, he was also very sad, as were the fans who have loved dad for 70 years. Everyone was offended. Gino Paoli is still a great artist, I can’t explain it, I don’t understand it.
Some justify it by saying that at that age you can forgive a slip.
Someone tried to say that he is almost 90 years old now and didn’t realize it, but Amadeus brought out a lot of “old” successes on this stage. Peppino Di Capri, Al Bano, Ornella Vanoni and it seems to me that all have maintained the behavior of the great artists that they are. Only he did this thing. If he had at least apologized to me, I would have appreciated the gesture. For me, silence is consent. If he didn’t notice it at that moment, then at least in the following days…
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Do you think Amadeus and Gianni Morandi handled the situation well?
They found themselves completely embarrassed. Morandi himself said: “You cannot say these things”. A tile fell on both of our heads. What could they have done? insult him? I have nothing to say about her, only about Gino Paoli. I think Morandi was expecting a different kind of anecdote, a pleasant memory since this father’s birthday also fell that week. I’m sure he never expected Paoli to think of something like that. Then my mother passed it all on, I’m sure it never happened because I know exactly what it was like.
So you think the story narrated by Gino Paoli was reinvented from scratch?
I’m skeptical about the veracity of the event. Also, that my parents may have cheated on each other in the 12 years they were together is likely, but not in the way he said. In any case, even if it were, it wasn’t for Gino Paoli to say that after my father’s death and on the Ariston stage.
Little Tony at the Sanremo Festival
Your father was a very reserved man, did he probably confide in Gino Paoli?
He didn’t need advice in love matters, he always got along very well on his own. But if he had to confide, he certainly wouldn’t have done it with Gino Paoli. They were colleagues, acquaintances, not friends. They met at various rallies, but he never came to my house. He’s the last person my father would ask for advice.
If Gino Paoli’s apology doesn’t come through, what will he do?
I’m consulting a lawyer, I have to decide whether to sue him. I’m taking a few days to think about it, it’s been a hectic week. In the meantime, I’ll keep waiting, but I know no apologies, public or private, will come. I will decide what to do. I feel a responsibility to defend two people who are no longer here, my parents. I don’t allow anyone to throw mud at them. That’s for sure. I’ll find out how to do it.