ROMA – Like so many characters from the world of entertainment, Raffaella Carrà also wanted to remember Diego Armando Maradona. After a tribute on Twitter, the presenter revealed to the Messenger how their friendship was born. “I met him in Italy when I invited him to my programs, but the first time he came to me and he also ended up in prison. I used to sing in a large arena in Buenos Aires. It was 1979. He must have been 18 years old. The arena was full, there was no room left, but he still tried to go inside to listen to me. He told the cops: ‘You don’t know who I am!’ I read this story the next day in the Clarin. It was my fault that Diego spent the night in the guard “, he said. Subsequently many other meetings took place between Raffaella and Diego: the most iconic remains that of 1998, when in Carramba! Maradona met his teammates of the Naples with which he had won the Scudetto.
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The relationship between Raffaella Carrà and Maradona
“Diego and I haven’t heard from each other for a long time. At the end of October a friend from Spain asked me if I wanted to send him a video for his birthday. I don’t usually like doing these things, but for him I did. I wore the Argentina shirt he had given me and sent him my best wishes. It was like greeting him “, explained Raffaella Carrà. “I am moved by the reaction of Naples. It is extraordinary to see the love of the city towards him. For the Neapolitans Diego is not dead, he remains in their DNA, he will be forever alive, for the children of their children. He made himself loved. He told me that when he lived in the city with Claudia and the girls, even if he lived on a high floor, there was always someone who tried to climb up to greet him. He always had fans around, but he didn’t get angry. surprised by this crazy love. I admire Naples for the love it knows how to give: a love that will never fade “, he added.
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