Melissa Satta and the attacks for Berrettini: “I am accused of bringing bad luck. It never happens to a man”

“Have you ever read a headline where a successful man is accused of bringing bad luck to his partner? I’ll tell you: no.” Hard attack of Melissa Satta to the transmission Hyenas, in a monologue in which the showgirl tells the insults for her relationship with Matthew Berrettini and the different perception of bad luck between men and women.

“I’ve been the victim of insinuations and insults for my relationship for some time” he began, “at first it was just comments on social media and, unfortunately, you get used to them, but when my boyfriend was forced to retire due to injury from a tournament I realized that the problem was much bigger.
An important newspaper headlined: “Melissa Satta brings bad luck”. A title which is not only unacceptable, but which is an indication of the profound sexism that our society has internalized”.

Melissa Satta, outburst on social media: “Insults, bullying and sexism for my story with Berrettini”

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“Cherchez la femme Dumas wrote more than 160 years ago” continues Melissa Satta, “and unfortunately this expression still describes very well the irresistible temptation, when something in a man’s life goes wrong, to blame his woman, the witch capable of draining his talent and good luck. Have you ever read the opposite? Have you ever read a headline in the newspapers in which a successful man is accused of bringing bad luck to his partner? I’ll tell you: no, because no one has ever written that title. This desire to blame, to destroy the other, is the same one to which many young people are exposed to on social media every day and which, as a mother, I don’t want my son to ever know”.

“The next time you feel like writing a hateful comment” is the final invitation, “try to stop and reflect on the reasons why you feel that hatred. You may begin to discover a lot about yourself and, perhaps, become people best”.

The tennis player’s current partner ended up in the crosshairs of the haters for the disappointing results and withdrawals of the Wimbledon finalist in 2021, the latest being the forfeit in the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 in Montecarlo. “I’ve been experiencing a fairly surreal situation on social media for some time now” he explained in a video on Instagram, “I’ve been receiving messages of insults that I define as bullying and also sexism, two very important issues and to which I am very sensitive. It is a message that I want to send to the many girls who experience situations like this every day”.