Overview
- Verdini posted Instagram screenshots documenting vulgar and sexist insults aimed at her and Matteo Salvini after photos of the couple circulated.
- The messages targeted her appearance and used sexualized language, with taunts about the pair’s age difference such as suggestions she was his daughter.
- In her caption she wrote that she is "allibita" by the volume and rage of the attacks and that she struggles to get used to reading such messages.
- Hours later she said she had been overwhelmed by affection, apologized if she seemed upset, and added that she felt sincerely serene.
- She asked whether concrete steps can counter such online violence, and supportive reactions followed, including a like from Forza Italia MP Marta Fascina, while no legal or platform actions were reported.