Lucrezia Ciotti Diego Dallas Palma, a symbol of Italian make-up and a voice outside the chorus in the entertainment world, returns to spark discussion with statements that mix frankness and introspection. In an interview with Corriere della Sera, the famous makeup artist to the stars spoke candidly, addressing sensitive and personal topics. His words sparked immediate reactions, particularly from the journalist Monica Setta, brought up by the make-up artist in relation to a invitation television which, apparently, is not never arrived.
Diego Dalla Palma's conscious choice: “I will die before I'm 80”
Diego Dalla Palma surprised everyone by facing a theme which for many remains a taboo: the deathWith a lucidity that is disconcerting and moving, the 75-year-old artist declared that he had established every detail of his own end.To be honest, I've already organized everything. With a lawyer and a notary.”, he confesses. And adds without hesitation: “I absolutely don’t want to face number 80. I don’t want to!".
In his story emerges a profound awareness of the passing of time and the fragilities that accompany it:
“I'm starting to feel like getting up from my chair, at the movies or the theater, is becoming a bit of a humiliation: I wobble. I have to change my underwear twice a day. The mind is no longer what it used to be".
He planned every stage of his farewell, in a way he defines as “joyful and serene”:
"A doctor will help me: he's prepared a mixture for me. I'll be alone, in a place close to my heart, abroad. The last month is all set. First, I'll have a wonderful time: I'll eat well, drink good wine... I'll leave happily. What's been prepared for me is very quick: two, three minutes."
For him, it is not a desperate gesture, but an act of liberation: "It's a liberation", he says, also recalling "esoteric" experiences from his youth that left him with the certainty of a dimension beyond life. Dalla Palma, who will soon publish with Baldini+Castoldi Emotional Alphabet – Traveling with Life, he describes himself like this: authentic, vulnerable, but determined to remain true to himself until the end.
Diego Dalla Palma and that invitation from Monica Setta that never seemed to arrive
In the same interview al Courier, Dalla Palma expressed a clear refusal of some television broadcasts, explaining that he has identified names and faces from which he intends to keep away.I have a list of hosts I won't set foot on. Dalla Palma sinks. I even sent it to my press officer. Many are just doubles of their own miseries.".
Among the names mentioned, those of stand out: Monica Setta and Pierluigi Diaco"Never from them," he reiterated decisively. These words immediately provoked a reaction from the host, who replied: to Adnkronos firmly but without rancor:
"I read that Diego Dalla Palma no longer wants to be my guest. A small detail, in the last twenty years of television I don't remember ever inviting him, at least not directly and in my broadcasts."
While rejecting the attack, the journalist closed with a conciliatory tone: “If he changes his mind my doors are always open”, suggesting a desire for détente in a controversy that, at least for now, remains suspended between irony and incomprehension.