«Me in Agora? I’m ready. Fazio is a loss for Rai, but you can live without it»- Corriere.it

“Ready, Adrian? Can I tell you something more about us? Yes? Perfect, bye bye.” Courtesy, Manuela Moreno, 56, TV journalist and undisputed star of Tg2 Post, hangs up. “What else did you want to know about this old story?”

Let’s go back to that 1999 flirt recalled by Galliani in the interview with Aldo Cazzullo in the Corriere. How did you know him?
“The Tg2 he had sent me to Montecarlo for the presentation of Emilio Fede’s book. At the very boring gala dinner at Sporting, I ended up sitting next to him. We laughed all evening. And he began to court me, more or less it lasted a year.’

How far has he gone for love of her?
“He went on a diet, he lost 14 kilos, from 90 to 76”.

Did he take her to the stadium?
«Sometimes, for Milan-Roma, I supported the Giallorossi. At that time we often saw Naomi Campbell, who was with Briatore. We confided. I remember a birthday party for her. She wrote me a note: “Thank you for being close to me, you are a true friend” ».

She dumped him overnight, but swears it wasn’t for cheating.
“I saw him on TV with someone who shouldn’t have been with him. I didn’t forgive him and sent him to hell. For three months he called me every evening, singing to me Renato Zero. I listened to it and sent it back to us».

Has she had any other famous boyfriends since then?
«Hmm.. I hope he doesn’t show up now, otherwise it will become a series for Netflix».

Let us briefly summarize your professional curriculum.
«Joined Rai in 1992, hired from the precarious list in 1997. Six years to Tg1then in 2002 I went to the Tg2 by Clemente Mimun, culture and therefore foreign entertainment editorial staff. Sent to New York for 4 years, I followed the election of Trump and the Bataclan massacre».

Since November 2019 he has been on «Tg2 Post», twenty minutes in the evening.
«Basic contract as deputy editor, for each episode I get an extra 30 euros gross».

However. His “don’t get too comfortable” is viral.
«I wanted to warn the public to be careful and not to get distracted, because in life if you relax they screw you».

That burgundy dress that looked like fetish latex, in 2016?
«Ecoleather, but under the lights it had that effect. On social media they wrote: “The alarm has returned to Tg2: the bombs under the dress belonged to the journalist”.

Leads?
«But no, I can wear whatever I want, even a high-necked shirt, the shapes are there and you can see them. Luckily I have an ironic streak».

And in fact Fiorello enlisted her in his “Viva Rai2″…
“I make fake inquiries in a very serious tone. And I involve famous people. Renzi who declares himself a flat-earner, Debora Serracchiani with a fake moustache, Calenda and the App that always brings you back to the center, Vespa barricaded in the studio».

She is talked about as presenter of «Agorà», Rai3.
«I have not received any calls, but I am ready, even if I am happy where I am. My former director Gennaro Sangiuliano didn’t want to lose me: “La Moreno adda muri a Post”».

The center-right is occupying Rai, they say.
“Perhaps the occupation was there before, in 31 years I’ve never had a program, now they discover that I’m good”.

Fabio Fazio is gone.
«I’ll follow him with great interest on Nine, it’s a loss, but you can also live without him. I’ve known him since I worked in private TV and he was an imitator, maybe he’ll have more interesting budgets ».

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