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Celeb News: Tiziano Ferro says coming out did not damage his career
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Tiziano Ferro says coming out did not damage his career
http://www.tio.ch/People/Musica/News...ato-le-vendite
A lot of celebrities should follow his example 
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Tiziano Ferro: "My coming-out has not hurt sales"
Tiziano Ferro, tell us, how's the tour going?
"Very well. I'm having fun, the show's going great. One really nice thing that I've found out is that the people have changed, like I have. I see the people have grown together with me. I meet fans that have followed me for years and who now have a kid or are working after their studies. Often they live a life very different from before, just like me. It's a nice exchange, a giving and taking that's maturing despite the things being different. On stage I feel these positive vibes, when I hear the responses and reactions. This language really exists, it's a language that's also the basis of friendship, love and family."
In February another one of your books was released, a diary with the same name as your last album, in which you retrace your path during the very intense year after the release of "30 anni e una chiacchierata con papà". What prompted you to write it?
I published the first book because I'd arrived at the end of a personal journey that led me to make peace with the sides of myself that had put me in great distress. Most of all I'm talking about self-esteem, and the emotional side. The emotional side is much more important than the sexual one. If you don't value that part of you, you don't feel free of it, you don't love it, you're not able to face many obstacles in life. So resolving this led me to want to talk about myself. The second book came because after the beginning of what has been a period of major changes, people started to ask me how I was doing, what was happening. Then I told them: I'll give you also the sequel, so whoever wants it can read it. It's therefore become a little playful appendix. It recounts the last year and a half and is also quite amusing."
How's your life changed since your coming-out? And music wise?
"I'll have to disappoint you, but music wise nothing has changed, it's as if nothing happened. We think that a taboo subject in Italy can nullify a person's life. Instead, it wasn't like that. Italians are much deeper and sensible than you might think, so nothing has changed for me. On the other hand in my personal life a lot has changed, most of all how I approach the world. After eight years abroad I returned to live in Italy because I had promised myself to continue on this quest, to start over, most of all to spend time again with my family and friends whom I had isolated myself from. A quest that follows a long period of solitude. I don't recommend solitude."
But sometimes, even solitude is necessary...
"Yes, it's true. I love solitude and having time for myself, but we shouldn't let it become an addiction. Perhaps I had arrived at the extreme. At this point it's no longer a matter of independence but of forced isolation. I kind of unhinged the locks that caused me to be stuck and far away. And after that, everything changed. Living in Italy for me means changing my whole lifestyle. In England I lived a non-famous life, so it was all simpler and smoother. In Italy the dynamics are different, but this woke me up from the prison. And I mended the relationships with the people who I had kind of kept at a distance, because I didn't feel communicative. My life has improved significantly, I have no doubt about this."
The media continue to ask you questions about your homosexuality. Is it starting to annoy you?
"No, I don't mind. It's a symptom of the fact that in Italy there's much need to talk about it. Perhaps the only examples we have are the most spectacular extremes of homosexuality. It speaks less of people who are homosexual but are leading a normal life, integrated in society. If people can identify with someone real, who they can ask questions to, then I'm glad I can contribute. I'm happy to act as a different or new figure of homosexuality."
Now that you've found love, how is that going...
"I hope to have found it! You know how it is... No, jokes aside, for a year and a half I've been going forward with great joy. I've had to let my guard down, this is a part of me that I've never experienced before, but I looked for it and dreamed about it. I found out that I'm a sentimental person who likes the sharing in a relationship. I love the simple things. The relationship is helping me understand myself and makes me feel good. I'm finding out I'm a person 'of sharing' and not 'of having fun'."
You're on tour, don't you miss the tranquility of your relationship?
"A little bit yes, but it's two months, it's not impossible. We lived for a year in peace. We know that we would see a little less of each other because he has a normal job with hours like everyone else. Fortunately, because there's already me to disrupt things. And then I'm not someone to do a huge tour. After the Zurich date the spring part is finished, then in June I take a break and afterwards there will be the shows in July and that's it. I don't have a crazy life, I've even lowered the pace, I realized that I'm not one who can do a tour of 80 dates."
Among the Swiss audience in Zurich there will be many German speaking people. How do you feel about singing in front of an audience who speak another language?
"It's the classic question that I often also ask myself when I listen to albums by African artists, or French ones, Norwegian. I like them and perhaps I even go and look up the translations. But I think that music is still one of the few things that can move the universal strings, beyond linguistics. I can't deny that occasionally I feel strange, singing and knowing that those in front of me don't understand everything. The lyrical part is very important and then I wonder, how is it possible that when you take that part away, the message still comes across to the audience? But it probably does. And at this point I don't even wonder about it anymore. I leave things like they are. Because you can't always find an answer to everything."
You've already done several concerts at the Hallenstadion, how do you like performing in Zurich?
"Yes, it's the third time at the Hallenstadion. I performed in Switzerland even before I was a solo artist, and I've been in Zurich and surrounding areas thousands of times for the festivals. Then I started my solo career. The first time at the Hallenstadion was a privilege because I had worked so hard in Switzerland, it was a major breakthrough. I will enjoy my Wednesday evening at the Hallenstadion because it's a special date that concludes the tour. It's a thing of which I am very proud, because I have many friends in Switzerland, and a connection with many people. The Hallenstadion is one of my small conquests and I'm very protective of it."
To conclude, you are familiar with Switzerland? What do you like about our country?
"I always come to Switzerland very willingly, and I like that the people aren't intrusive even if they recognize me. I've often spent the weekend with friends in Geneva and Lausanne. I also really like Ticino. I appreciate Switzerland because we have a lot to learn from it. It's one of the places in the world where there's really a true integration of people from very different backgrounds. To have three cultures like the Italian, German and French live together in such a small place is not easy. It's really a beautiful example of civilization, especially in these times where we are all a bit in crisis."
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I didn't know he was gay.
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Didn't know he was gay 
It doesn't matter, he became irrelevant here, so... 
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HE'S GAY???
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I knew I was getting gay vibes from all of those gifs you post. I didn't know he was actually out though.
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When he offended Mexican women, his career was over here.
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Originally posted by Mr. Loco
Didn't know he was gay
It doesn't matter, he became irrelevant here, so... |
Yes his career was damaged by other stuff over there.
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Originally posted by Jdella11
I knew I was getting gay vibes from all of those gifs you post. I didn't know he was actually out though. |
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It's nice to hear that. Many gay musicians say the opposite.
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So this means that Kworb's gay?
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Tiziano Ferro the real gay icon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ricky Martin.
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Is his boyfriend cute though?
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Originally posted by MP2K
So this means that Kworb's gay? |
This is news? 
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Originally posted by Sunlighter
Is his boyfriend cute though? |
No one knows. I don't know how they've managed it but he wants to protect his bf's privacy and so his identity is still a secret after all this time. They must never go out or something. 
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He is gay?
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Oh, he's gay? 
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I like his responses. He seems like a very intelligent guy.
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Good interview
Sadly the thing that ended his career here in Mexico was that he called the Mexican girls "bigotonas"
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I didn't know he was gay.
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Gurls....he clearly is gay....why the shock? LOL
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