“Resignation? Not a chance. I don’t let myself be blackmailed by Maxxi’s radical chic employees»- Corriere.it

“What if I resign? Hahahaha, but we’re not kidding. Indeed I vindicate everything I have done and said. If I had to accept the blackmail of some Maxxi employees, we would be cool». Vittorio Sgarbi, Undersecretary for Culture, has come under the crossfire of the opposition, which is asking for his resignation and invites Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano on what happened at the National Museum of Arts in Rome. Dialoguing on stage with Morgan, Sgarbi used a flurry of profanity and explicit sexual references: the video is depopulating online, and the tones are strong.

Sgarbi, it’s not really “some employees” as you say, but 43 out of a total of 49, who signed a letter asking for clarifications from the president of Maxxi Alessandro Giuli…

«And how come they come out 10 days later? This evening took place 10 days ago: I was simply answering Morgan’s questions. I’ll explain it to you: since Giuli is right-wing, these radical chic gentlemen took advantage of it to exploit this thing».

But she used profanity profusely. Don’t you feel like apologizing?

“And to whom? It was a show. There was goliardia: I did Amarcord, my friends… So let’s also censor Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte, Lucio Battisti, Franco Califano… Even some of the respective works and songs are full of sexual references and more».

Opposition parties are also calling for her to resign.

“I read about Calenda. Why isn’t her politics pornography? First she made an agreement with the Democratic Party and Letta giving each other kisses and hugs. Then he went to Renzi, from whom he was later repudiated. Then who do I have to apologize to? With Bonelli of the Verdi? The one who supports the devastation of Italy with all these c… of wind turbines. And there’s also the Democratic Party: fuck them too. Then let me tell you one last thing, what do I have to do…».

tell her…

“This is cancel culturesabout women. Anyone who disputes my words is an ignoramus. I talked about my cancer, prostate. And to talk about my illness, discovered when I was 67, I explained that I only discovered the existence of this organ at that moment, which is different from the c…”.

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