Overview

• Viola Valentino said she has never listened to any of Elodie’s songs and sees no common ground between their artistic approaches.
• The 76-year-old singer affirmed she never stripped on stage or used nudity to boost record sales, citing style and restraint.
• Valentino welcomed her reputation as the “queen of musical eros” but stressed that her hit “Comprami” is about love and tenderness, not money.
• Italian outlets drew parallels between the two as sex symbols, a comparison Valentino publicly rejected in a Settimanale Nuovo interview.
• Elodie has yet to respond to Valentino’s latest remarks, having previously defended nudity as a form of empowerment in past interviews.