Claudio Lippi, after the episode of "Falsissimo" in which he appeared via video call , arrives on Instagram: "I'm alive, I'm not in intensive care as you've probably seen during other shows," he explains in an introductory video. "This is a new profile," he says, "I owe it above all to the persistence and support of my daughter Federica."

"I have a long story to tell you. If we start today, I don't know if we'll finish by mid-August," continues the now 80-year-old veteran host of dozens of TV shows, explaining why he "heartily accepted this suggestion." It's a way, after 21 years of silence, to "reconnect with what, for me, is life: the relationship with the public."

"I hope it's clear to you that Instagram is a way for me to feel alive, because I am alive, maybe not so healthy, but I am alive," he adds. " Television is about truth and dignity. And without trying to be a guru or give life lessons, I want to tell the truth."

A new video today: "I've read hundreds of messages," he reveals, after yesterday's surprise. "Many, not too many, accused me of spitting in the plate I was eating from," but "I'm not a victim, I'm an angry lion because for 21 years I haven't been allowed to make the television that many of you regret and want. We've already lost many masters, but I'm still here, and as long as I'm here, there's no one left."

"It has never been in my interest to discredit anyone," he writes in a post. "I have never gossiped, nor have I sought to belittle the work of others. It is not part of my history, it is not part of my way of being, and it is not part of my values. My words, when they come, are simple observations. Observations of a world that no longer belongs to me. Of mechanisms far removed from my way of life, from patterns and systems that I don't recognize as my own. Not out of superiority, not out of judgment, but out of difference. I deeply respect the ideals of others. I am not angry with those who choose paths different from mine. Everyone has the right to express themselves and work according to what they believe in. Mine has never been a battle against anyone. Mine, if anything, is a silent disappointment. A disappointment born of exclusion."

He won't go into detail about what he experienced for now, but in general he speaks of " a system that didn't feel like mine, that didn't reflect what I believe in and the way I've always thought about communication. I chose, at a certain point, to stay true to myself. And I know full well that this choice came at a price. I paid it. Without fuss, without victimhood, without accusations. With the understanding that not everything you lose is a defeat. I hold no grudges. I'm not looking for revenge. I seek only truth, consistency, and respect."

And if I speak today, "I do so not to divide, but to clarify. Not to raise my voice, but to restore dignity to the silence I have so often chosen. To those who listen attentively, to those who hear without needing to take sides, goes my most sincere thanks. I continue to believe that there is room for a different way of communicating. A more humane way. A cleaner way. A way that, simply, resembles me."

(Unioneonline/D)

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