We left Amanda Lear in the middle of the olive trees of her house in Provence where she spends all her “dough“, while she had sworn in 2017 to want to retire from show business. And then, finally, she returned this year on stage with a play but also in the vats with Tuberosis, which she promotes to our colleagues from Purecharts.
In her lively interview, Amanda Lear makes … Amanda Lear. She tackles, makes fun – of her and the others, Madonna in particular – and distills her earthy anecdotes. Moreover, questioned about a possible return to television, why not as a host, the star returned to a recent mishap. “Last year I had a very funny experience. In Italy, I was on the jury for a show like The Voice Kids, they were 14-15 years old. I was taken to be mean, so I was very mean. The first day, there is one who sings, everyone says to him ‘Bravo’, they give him 7 and 8, and me 1. I did not like it! They yell at me, tell me he’s a kid etc … The audience whistled at me“, she says.
And Amanda Lear continues, hilarious at her own story: “Then, since they wanted me to be nice, I was very nice. A girl sings, something from Laura Pausini and she makes a little wrong note. The others give 6 or 4, and I give 10! I was told I was doing anything. I told them, ‘We don’t care about wrong notes. Everyone does, even Laura Pausini! ‘ What had I not said! Laura Pausini fans have stumbled upon me!“
Amanda Lear was then faced with the sanction of social networks where fans of the Italian singer set her on fire with odious messages, criticism and insults. “It was terrible, the fans wanted my skin. They told me that at least she had Grammys, she had a career. They showered me with insults, so I called Laura Pausini to explain it to her. She said to me: ‘I don’t care, I adore you, you make me laugh so much, you can say whatever you want about me, I don’t care, on the contrary!’ So I said to them: ‘You saw, Laura is my best friend.’ They were furious. I love it, it makes me laugh.“