Virginia (Saba) goes fast. «I wrote 'The Sound of Beauty', a book that I am very attached to, and I am delighted because I was offered to teach a class on transcendental beauty at the Molly Bloom school of creative writing. I carry out an online program, study theology and lead the Villasimius Marina festival. I am also trying my hand at philosophical counseling and, as if that weren't enough, I am part of the parliamentary committee for regional issues and I collaborate with the deputy Emanuela Corda. Is it enough to rule out new commitments? ' She puts a certain distance between herself and the rumor of an imminent landing in politics, a candidate in the next elections: "I'm not interested."

Cagliaritana, professional journalist and former basketball player in Serie A, is the much-photographed companion of Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio. A shot published last summer portrayed them in the sea of Villasimius in a position that lent itself to various interpretations: "Crazy stuff, people thought who knows what and it was simply an image extrapolated from a series in which Luigi had his eyes closed . Incidentally: I find it terrible to have become for some only the girlfriend of. I did not ask for anything, what I did was my sack flour ».

How much did it help you to be the other half of the former head of the Five Stars and current leader of Commitment for Italy?

“From the point of view of relationships it was important. Instead, for a girl who moved to Rome to be a journalist, it was the tombstone of her profession ».

They accused her of being No vax.

"False. I got all the vaccines, I believe in medicine and science. I understand the fear of some, I don't judge personal choices ».

The war in Ukraine?

"A shock. The first few nights at home we lived hanging on the phone. I am close to the Ukrainian people who are undergoing an unimaginable inhumanity. I have read so much to try to understand what is the trigger in Putin's head for such an atrocity. Perhaps the Russians never metabolized the fall of the Berlin Wall ».

They say she is very powerful, able to decide political and ministerial careers.

«I avoid interference. It happened that I was asked for an opinion and I gave it: I was also wrong. In Rome I hang out with friends other than those of my partner, they are a cultural stimulus ».

The fall of the government decided by Lega, Forza Italia and the Five Star Movement?

"Crazy. Throwing down Draghi, one of the most popular personalities in the world, didn't seem like a big move to me ».

The Five Stars?

«The beauty of a popular movement is its genuineness but if it goes to the government it has the obligation to mature. Otherwise it fails ».

Who will vote?

He laughs loudly: "I don't know."

In recent years she has become a public figure: more solidarity or envy from women?

«The unfortunate aspect of being so prominent is that you don't have a normal life, a dinner out with my boyfriend is an event, maximum twice a year. I don't feel envy and I don't see it, maybe it's there but it doesn't reach me ».

The relationship with a man of power?

«Before love and yourself you must learn to put everything else. It is not easy".

Do you follow Sardinian politics?

"Yup".

The judgment on the Giunta Solinas?

"I have known for some time the president of the Region with whom I had interesting chats".

Satisfied with the results?

"I do not know. But I imagine an authentic Sardinian Action party, certainly not a prisoner of an unnatural alliance with the League ».

Projects for the future?

"Study and write, stay in this world".

Private life and work: how do you manage with Di Maio?

“Breakfast together, a movie in the evening when we can and above all we don't talk about politics. It takes lightness, a lot of lightness, and simplicity ».

They accused him of being fickle in politics, is he also fickle in love?

«Let's not joke. We grew up together because we live in a complicated situation. It is giving without always having something in return ».

Are you satisfied with your choices?

«My zero day was November 23, 2018, the date of my transfer to Rome. I was in charge of the press review for the deputy Emanuela Corda - to whom I owe so much and I love -, I was earning three hundred euros or a little more. I went to live in a house full of books with a Brazilian who made documentaries and two cats who cuddled me immediately. From the ceiling, above the bed, a fresco gave me peace. I was happy because I had no idea what was going to happen. The only joy in the world is to begin, said Cesare Pavese ».

A mistake that he would not make again?

"Dedicating a lot of time to football from a journalistic point of view but obviously it had to go like this."

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