Coming off the success of Sanremo 2024, BigMama arrives at Verissimo: «My mission is to be an example for the youth. I've always been a victim of bullying, I've never been slim, and they even threw stones at me».
Marianna Mammone shares her story on Silvia Toffanin's show: «I'm living my life to the fullest and this is my greatest revenge». BigMama's parents were unaware of what she went through as a child: «I missed questions like "is everything okay?" or "how's school going"; talking to your children is extremely important»
Violence
Then, at 16, the singer was a victim of sexual abuse, she realized it years later and now speaks openly about it: «When I was young, sexual violence wasn't discussed as openly, people who had gone through the same experiences helped me bring out those memories. I felt dirty, I didn't feel like a clean child. I didn't have the courage to talk about it at home, we didn't talk about those things at home. For me, it was normal to be locked in a bathroom at a party. I didn't report it» The artist wants to send a strong message to the youth: they should not hide or be ashamed of anything. «The fact that I never talked about these things makes me feel obligated to help others»
Illness
Then, after moving to Milan and experiencing a rebirth from an aesthetic point of view («I felt hot»), she discovers she has cancer: «I went back home to my parents and during that period I realized the importance of my family. There was Covid and all of them stayed home with me, I was at risk». Numerous chemotherapy cycles: «I'm alive thanks to this. The hardest hit was looking at myself in the mirror and not recognizing myself, I had no eyebrows, I had gained weight, but then I realized that I was facing something really difficult and physical appearance had nothing to do with it». Work helped her at that moment: «I wasn't afraid of dying because I knew that after 6 months of therapy I would return to singing. It was my goal». Now she is well, under control, and her check-ups are going well.
Girlfriend
Then, love takes the stage: «I'm deeply in love, I have a wonderful girlfriend who is also the author of my song at Sanremo "La rabbia non ti basta"». She is Maria Lodovica Lazzerini, I'm proud of you, you're an example of determination and I thank you for the opportunity you gave me at Sanremo, it was a magical feeling as it was writing the song with you»
The artist is excited: «We are very happy and I hope it's the definitive relationship, the love I found with her, I've never found before, we found each other, she is my first real girlfriend and I am hers. We are very happy
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