by Valentino della Casa-Red.gianlucadimarzio.com
The former Roma footballer tearfully talks about his addictions and his mental health. A message for her ex-partner Daniela: “I apologize to her and her family, I made them suffer”
Voice broken by emotion; video with little light, almost as if to hide the worn face. Those who remember Pablo Osvaldo on the pitch see him rejoicing for the goals again. But now, at the age of 38, the former Juventus, Inter and Roma striker, among others, has to make “some confessions about” his life. Which sees him struggle with alcohol and drugs.
The former footballer, who in the past married Giannina Maradona, has always had an over-the-top life. He left football very early to dedicate himself to his passion, music.
«All this is difficult for me, but I think the time has come, I feel the need to do it» says the former player also of the Italian national team in a video published on his Instagram profile. «I have been struggling with depression for some time which has led me to some addictions, including alcohol and drugs. And I feel like life is getting out of hand.” «What I want to tell and share with you is that I am undergoing psychiatric treatment» he continues.
«I am taking medicine, I suffer from loss of self-esteem, depression and many times I return to my addictions, I fall into self-destruction. But I can’t get out of it. I just live indoors, I don’t go anywhere, I’m not interested in getting out of bed, leaving my room, eating.”
The story becomes more and more dramatic and the emotion also increases: «I fell into very bad addictions which only worsened my depression, it hurts me not to want to share things with my family, my children. In the past I was a high level footballer, at the top. I was a completely different person, proud and confident. This is someone I don’t recognize.”
In Serie A, Osvaldo scored 41 goals in 124 games. It seemed, was, another life. In between a participation in Dancing with the Stars in 2019.
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March 14, 2024 (modified March 14, 2024 | 1:06 pm)
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