“Those from 2000 are all tr…”, Storm to “Domenica In”. He then apologizes live on Corriere TV

(LaPresse) Dispute over Secretary of State for Culture Vittorio Sgarbiwhich appeared on the March 19 episode of ‘Sunday In‘ On Rai 1, he said to one of his daughters, ‘Are you from 2000? You have to be careful… An assistant of mine once said that those born in the year 2000 all tr…».

Lots of outraged reactions on social media, so much so that at the end of the commercial break, the art critic had to step back in front of the cameras to apologize.

«I would like to apologize Because of our exposure to social media, they failed to understand that the joking tone is part of such a lively relationship with my daughters that I look at girls without having to bring them up. So I said two wrong things: first marry a rich man, which was a joke; the other the joke about the door…that wasn’t mine, it was from one of my former assistants,” he said.