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Chanel Totti Opens Up About Parents' Split in First Television Interview

Giving her first televised account, Chanel exposes how online hostility magnified family pain, beginning to stake out her own public identity.

Overview

  • Chanel Totti spoke on Verissimo on Saturday, Sept. 19, saying she "lived badly" through the separation of Francesco Totti and Ilary Blasi and described the episode as a deeply painful time for her family.
  • She blamed social media and public chatter for amplifying hurt, saying people spread "cattiverie" and sometimes untrue claims that made the private situation harder to bear.
  • Asked about her mother's recent marriage to Bastian Müller, Chanel said she attended the Ravello wedding and that her priority is her mother's happiness: "If she is happy, I am too."
  • The 19‑year‑old—an undergraduate, social creator and recent Pechino Express winner—said she felt observed growing up as a "figlia di" and described small protective habits she adopted as a child to cope with exposure.
  • Chanel outlined personal plans for the future, including a desire to become a young mother, and the interview could shift public attention toward her own career and away from tabloid coverage of her parents.