Italian PM Meloni slams ‘illiberal drift’ after comedian quits TV show
Andrea Pucci had been expected to appear at this month’s Sanremo music festival, a week-long song contest that is the most popular television event of the year in Italy. However, he abruptly quit the line-up on Sunday, saying he and his family had faced a wave of insults and threats after state broadcaster RAI announced he would be a co-host for one night of the festival. Pucci is well-known for his politically incorrect jokes, which top-selling Italian daily Corriere della Sera this month said “belonged to the last century”. When it was announced that he would appear at Sanremo, the centre-left Democratic Party said he was “clearly right-wing, fascist, and homophobic. 🔗 Leggi su Internazionale.it
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