Shameful accusations, misplaced words, horrifying comments. And an authentic media lynching. All painted within the fierce social media frame in which Angelo Serafini, the eighty-four-year-old from Amatrice, found himself. During **Giorgia Meloni**’s visit ten years after the earthquake, he was moved in front of the prime minister and gave her a warm greeting: “You have honored us, it is the greatest joy I have had in my life.” Meloni, visibly moved, after an embrace, replied: “Don’t make me cry.”
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A spontaneous moment, as reported by IlTempo, however, transformed into an avalanche of suspicions and insults. Angelo Serafini was called “an actor,” “a servant of the right,” a “supernumerary.” Valerio Sopramonti, on X, wrote: “The old man who ran to meet Meloni in Amatrice passed the audition. Muccino cast him for the sequel to L’ultimo bacio and Baciami Ancora: for now, all that is known is that it will be called Ora però basta baciarmi che mi sbavi.” Then **Mangino Brioches**: “Great Meloni in Amatrice. Excellent casting, perfect set design and direction, and at least three nominations: best non-original screenplay, special effects, and best lead actor (all Stanislavski method, evidently). This time the Oscar is hers.”
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And **Roberto Avventura**: “Shame! Do you realize that this elderly man was chosen and paid to film this scene…. While all the protesters were isolated and blocked by the police.” Accusations that his son Sergio strongly rejects: “We are truly living these days very badly – he tells Il Tempo, his voice broken with emotion – they accused dad of the worst atrocities, it’s absurd. I read that he would have taken money, that he would be a professional actor, that he would have been convinced by Meloni’s party. Obviously, these are false, very false accusations. It was an absolutely spontaneous thing. I won’t deny that my brother and I are afraid to read newspapers and social media so as not to feel even worse.” The son also describes his father’s condition: “Dad is very sensitive. He has to have heart surgery in September. He is eighty-four years old and lives his days with much worry.” Serafini lost his brother and his brother’s wife in the earthquake, as well as his grandchildren: “The greatest pain of the family, the one that never goes away, was the death of the grandchildren.” His house was destroyed and he has been living in a Sae for nine years. “To buy the house he had in the center took years of work, sacrifices, and renunciations. His desire is to see the historic center rebuilt as soon as possible. That’s why he was so happy and emotional when the Prime Minister came.” The detractors, once again, will have to cling to something else to throw media mud.
