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Alessandro Greco Embraced Four Years of Chastity as Personal Act of Faith

He casts four years of abstinence as sacramental preparation for marriage detailing past body shaming and canceled projects

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Overview

  • Greco and his wife Beatrice Bocci voluntarily observed chastity for four years to reinvigorate their sacramental life and reinforce their marriage vows
  • He insists the decision was entirely personal with no prescription or recipe from clergy
  • In a Corriere della Sera interview he described professional injustices that saw several proposed programmes reassigned or dropped
  • He reflected on past body shaming critiques that questioned his presentability during his career highs and lows
  • He recounted his 1994 parody single that sold over 80,000 copies and provoked Jovanotti’s ire alongside his 1990s breakthrough hosting Furore under Raffaella Carrà