Antonello Venditti and the insults to a disabled fan during a concert: “Str.., enough noise.” Then the apology in a video: 'It was dark, I'm upset. '

The video on social media sparks controversy: 'Shame'. The singer apologizes (ANSA)

On stage at a concert in Barletta they point out the gaffe, but he insists: “Special boy? Education counts.” Then the mea Culpa in a video: “I'm not a monster, I thought it was a political dispute.” But the episode brings back to mind the 2009 gaffe in Calabria

Controversy after Antonello Venditti's concert on August 25 in Barletta. During a presentation of a song, the Roman singer-songwriter reacted badly to some noises coming from the audience. In particular, from a woman in a wheelchair, suffering from a form of disability that causes her to show involuntary reflexes. Venditti, who could not clearly see the faces of those who were sitting in the audience from the stage, initially aped the woman and …

“I would start to cry.” Venditti apologizes for offending a disabled girl who yesterday, during one of her concerts in Barletta, “disturbed”...

“Come here if you have the guts, you shithead.” No, this is not the beginning of a Fight Club-style brawl but the words of Antonello Venditti during his concert in Fossato del Castello, Barletta. The Roman singer-songwriter, in fact, would have responded like this to the moans coming from the public convinced that he was a rude spectator. But, in reality, the abrupt and vulgar reaction was directed at a girl in a wheelchair. Venditti, unaware, w…