Although welcomed without rancor, the farewell to Rai was a hard ordeal for Flavio Insinna, who had devoted many years of his career to national radio. Today, the host is ready to return to the small screenhosted by La7, where he hosts the show Families from Italywhich challenges candidates to guess the most popular answers to opinion polls. A new television adventure which could be the last for Insinna.
Flavio Insinna returns to television, perhaps for the last time
The first episode of will air on Monday, October 7 Families from Italy. Format arrived from America, an experience for the broadcaster but also for the host Flavio Insinna who, in this regard, has very clear ideas (and not so optimistic). Interviewed by Corriere della Serathe host admits that if things go wrong “It could be the last for me, I’m tired”. Looking back on his long career on the small screen, he says: “There are four ages: the first is when you are born and you try to learn, the second is when you try to establish yourself, the third, we thank and we try to give and in fact I went to theater schools to try to transfer what Proietti, Frassica, Abatantuono taught me.”
The intention is to leave when the crowd is still ready to applaud. If not at the summit, certainly before the start of the descent: “The fourth age,” says Charlot, “is that of the last arc. That’s what matters most, we need to get out of the way before they start saying kill how old you are“. Perhaps also to make way for new recruits, comments Stefano De Martino who – with unexpected success – took his place as CEO Your business: “I look at it with affection, this program changed my life. I feel infinite tenderness for Stefano, as if he were a son, because it is a very difficult program to achieve.”
Farewell to Rai without hard feelings
The farewell to Rai for Flavio Insinna was a choice imposed from above, by a management which, after the farewell of the audience bomber Amadeus, chose to change course, even at the cost of leaving at home names that have always been present in the calendar. But the presenter took it philosophically and feels “only gratitude” for the Viale Mazzini company. And, perhaps, a pinch of nostalgia: “I worked there for the first time in 1991, I was a child, I left in 2023-24. This is my life in there“.
And change is also a way of not selling out and ending your career with consistency and renewed passion: “Rai called me to lead The legacy instead of Fabrizio Frizzi, that’s why I stayed. Gratitude and friendship are important values for me. – he explained to Mail – I thanked for the offers made to me at Rai Ma at 59, there is no urgency to work. I have a comfortable life, but it’s not luxurious, I don’t have any horses. I can say no if I think a program is not right for me. »
A zen approach from Insinna, who is not even afraid of audiences: “On October 8 in the morning, we will look at the figures. If all is well, all is well, otherwise I’ll look like the village idiot, maybe I’ll feel like Calimero. But over the years, I’ve learned to not care a little. Of course I feel a responsibility, I’m a very disciplined person, I have a moral law like Kant, but if it goes wrong, we didn’t do it on purpose, we try hard.”