“Farewell to Rai: Fabio Fazio’s Reason for Leaving After 40 Years”

Farewell to Rai by Fabio Fazio it is now official, also explained by the conductor himself during the live broadcast of yesterday 14 May on RaiTre. What time that Fa will no longer be on the schedule of the third public service network. “I’ve been in Rai for 40 years, but you can’t be suitable for all seasons. There are no men who are suitable for all seasons, I don’t think I am“, the words of the conductor live.

And on his weekly column hosted by TodayFazio reiterates the reason for his farewell after “40 years”: “Politics as a whole feels legitimized by the electoral result to behave as an owner towards public affairs with little regard for the common good and with an overflowing greed. And not just with regard to television”, reads the previews of the weekly number on newsstands on Thursday 18 May.

“No victimization and no martyrology: I detest both forms of self-pity. Not quite the case. It simply went like this: I will continue my work elsewhere and like every beginning it will be an opportunity to invent new things and over time try new paths. As you know, the narrative has changed. But a professional writes the narration by himself, with his own work and with his own curriculum. You cannot be part of someone else’s narrative, especially if by someone else you mean the politics of whoever won at that moment”. continues the conductor.

Still: “In recent years I have experienced first-hand what it means to be used as a battleground without any possibility of defense other than that of the results of one’s work. Even if they are of little or no use, overwhelmed as they are by the firepower that is unloaded on you. The feeling of being dangerous goods and not an asset of your company is not pleasant. My job consists in making television and not in seeking a tiring balance with this or that political exponent to ask for help. Luckily I don’t date anyone and I meet ministers and party exponents exclusively in the public space of the show I host. Being an irreducible provincial has always been a salvation”. In closing, he reiterated what he said live to the viewers of What’s the weather like: “You will never hear a rude word from me towards Rai which is an integral part of my life”.