Cecchi Paone would like to adopt the daughter of his partner Simone Antolini: “I can’t in Italy, the rights of gay couples are not recognized”

“Melissa is a little girl I love very much and she loves me very much.” So during her days at theIsland of the Famous, Simone Antolini, companion of Alessandro Cecchi Paone, was about Melissa, a little girl in his life. The little girl also sent a drawing of her with her handprint to the former castaway who, excited, was unable to hold back his tears. But, now that his reality show adventure is over, he is ready to tell the truth: «Melissa is my daughter» he told Ilary Blasi, who hosted him in the studio during the last episode together with Alessandro Cecchi Paone.

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The little girl will turn five on August 2 and is «born from the relationship spent with my ex girlfriend when I was 17 years old and she is 18» said Simone Antolini. Recounting her bond with her daughter, made up of “great complicity”. And that love rediscovered also thanks to the reality show: «The island taught me to appreciate the little things».

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But what father is Simone Antolini? He answered this question Alessandro Cecchi Paone. «Melissa came into my life right away because he and she are absolutely bonded. In the famous photo that made our story known, Melissa was obviously on my boat below deck because we had to protect her even though we didn’t know we were being photographed,” said the journalist.

Revealing how precisely the aspect of paternity has strengthened the bond with the partner: «My love for him has further increased because I have discovered how many homosexual couples have a paternal and maternal caring ability together. This boy, at 22, knows how to be a father and mother of this little girl in a wonderfully sweet, wonderfully attentive way, 24/7” he added. Then launching an appeal and making his wish public: «We also went to the island to say this: recognize the right of gay couples to really get married, like everyone else, and to adopt the children, because I want to adopt Melissa and I can’t in Italy». Words that have already gone around the web.


Source: Vanity Fair

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