Massimo Giletti's Return to Rai: A New Chapter

After seven years and after the late February appearance hosting 'La Tv fa 70', Massimo Giletti officially returns to Rai. Today, the signing of the contract that will bind him to Rai for the realization of several editorial projects. 'We are very satisfied,' say CEO Roberto Sergio and General Manager Giampaolo Rossi, 'to welcome back one of the most influential faces of Italian television. Welcome back, Massimo, to what has been your 'home' for many years.' The contract 'I will take a step forward with Rai, a series of interesting events in the next five months,' the host had announced. A five-month contract, then we will see: 'What I will do next is still not clear and everything is possible because I have more offers. However, I find that trying to trust Rai at this moment is a sensible act. Any other choice will make noise. We will see.' Announcing his return to Viale Mazzini, Giletti in the weekly magazine Gente also spoke about the cancellation of his talk show on La7 'Non è l'Arena', by the will of the publisher Urbano Cairo. The talk show produced by Fremantle had reached its sixth edition, in the following weeks various reconstructions had brought the 'Giletti case' to the center of the scene. On one hand, the decision related to costs and ratings, on the other hand, the voices on the controversial episodes with Salvatore Baiardo. 'What I experienced was the betrayal of a person I considered a true brother: I do not want to talk about the judicial issue, I enter into the human aspect of it - he said - I would never have expected that the person who embraced me when my father died and who I suddenly found behind me on the day I was burying him, could, without telling me anything, without even looking me in the eyes, without giving me any semblance of motivation, close not only a program, but close a human relationship. At the moment when I was tackling certain very delicate issues, freedom was lacking. We are not ready to open certain drawers, evidently. Maybe Cairo could not tell me the truth.'