"Alzheimer's? There is malice...": Grazia Samburno, the accusation against Cristicchi is very serious | Video

On La Volta Buona , the entertainment program on Rai 2 hosted by Caterina Balivo , the Simone Cristicchi case was back on the table. The singer, competing in the last edition of the Sanremo Festival, had brought a song dedicated to his mother to the Ariston stage. But if at first it seemed to everyone that he was talking about Alzheimer's, it was later discovered that in reality the woman had been struck by an aneurysm. And this has generated a whirlwind of controversy.

"Two weeks after the Festival ended, Simone Cristicchi clearly said on Rai 1 that his mother fortunately does not suffer from Alzheimer's - thundered Grazia Sambruno , guest of Balivo -. I would underline: two weeks after the Festival ended. It's true, he had given interviews before the Festival on various sites in which he had explicitly spoken about aneurysm, as if aneurysm was a joke for goodness sake... five years ago his mother was diagnosed with this disease. He wrote this song at the time".

And again: "The point is: Cristicchi never raised his hand to say that in reality it wasn't Alzheimer's. And here I sincerely see malice , because with this story he came in fifth. Thanks to the empathy , to the televoting of so many people who are really experiencing this situation, keeping Giorgia out of the top five for example."

“After the Festival ended two weeks ago @scristicchi said that his mother, fortunately, does not suffer from Alzheimer's… I see malice in it”. @GraziaSambruna to #LVB pic.twitter.com/8y09A0uRIt

— The Good Time (@voltabuonarai) February 26, 2025