For twelve years Cristina Chiabotto and Fabio Fulco were one of the most loved and followed couples in showbiz. Their story, which began in 2005 in the Rai studios of Dancing with the Starsmade thousands of fans dream, who did not expect an unhappy ending. What led them to say goodbye, in 2017, were the differences about their future.
The meeting at Dancing with the stars
September 2005. A new season of Dancing with the Stars is about to begin. Among the famous people competing there are also Cristina Chiabotto, Francesca Reggiani, Mario Cipollini and Fabio Fulco. Miss Italia 2004 and the soap actor meet in the Rai studios and between them a strong bond is born immediately feeling. During the episodes of the program Cristina and Fabio do not hide their mutual interest and the cameras of Ballando surprise them in confidence several times. Both Milly Carlucci and the viewers notice the nascent bond between the two contestants and the edition ends with a new couple born on the dance floor dance.
The first official photos
After winning Ballando Cristina Chiabotto receives several job offers. An unexpected professional turning point comes for her, which leads her to host the new edition of ““The Hyenas” and the “Festival Bar”. The former Miss Italy, however, is also focused on her private life. Her relationship with Fabio is going swimmingly and the two are starting to appear together at fashion shows and public events. first public outing coincides with the film preview “Rocky Balboa” in January 2007: Cristina and Fabio let themselves be immortalised by photographers. The actor does not seem to appreciate the attention that the paparazzi reserve for the couple even in the following months, when they are photographed together on a scooter leaving a cinema and Cristina is without a helmet.
Gossip about the age difference
It’s 2008. Fulco is busy on the set of the film “Nice to meet you, Michele Imperatore.” and in TV movies ““Vianello Cruise” and “Artemisia Sanchez”. Cristina instead moves on to host “Jokes aside” and presents the “Wind Music Awards” in addition to becoming the female face of “Reverse shot“. While the couple tries to keep the relationship safe from gossiprarely being seen outside of public occasions, the gossip magazines talk about nothing but their age difference. The actor is 38 while Cristina is only 22. According to the most gossipy, he is ready to start a family, maybe with children, but she is too young.
The first crisis in 2012
October 2011. Cristina makes her radio debut and hosts alongside Joe Violanti “Hello, who are you?” on Radio Kiss Kiss. Fabio Fulco, long away from the sets, returns to act in two films, “The Marathon Runner’s Dream” and “Caruso, the Voice of Love”“. In the same period, however, insistent rumours began to circulate about a crisis between the two, but no confirmation comes from the couple. In March 2012, during an interview, Fulco confirms that the crisis has occurred but that with Cristina everything has returned to normal: “The crisis is over. It was a tough two months, but it helped a lot in resuming our relationship and, above all, for me, because, according to her, the problem It was me. Our crisis was due to internal problems within the couple. There were no other people who disturbed our relationship in any way, as I read somewhere”.
Wedding gossip
In the summer of 2013, Cristina and Fabio were photographed on vacation by paparazzi. The couple seemed to be living a golden moment from a private point of view, so much so that the newspapers reported them as being close to getting married. After all, Fabio Fulco, immediately after the crisis, declared: “I would like to, but Cristina keeps saying that the marriage she can wait. I would marry her even tomorrow.” But Cristina herself confirms that for her the wedding is not an emergency. “The love story between me and Fabio is going very well. We have not abandoned the idea of getting married, because we both believe in marriage but there is time“, the former Miss declared to the weekly New. For many it is a sign that the couple has different dreams and plans for the future.
Fabio Fulco’s Wish
After a busy summer, in the fall of 2015, Fabio Fulco releases an important interview, in which he talks about his deep desire to become father. “Today I feel ready to become a dad. Just the thought gives me goosebumps”, says the actor to Newbut Cristina confesses the time is not ripe: “We live a somewhat nomadic life, we travel a lot. But we are always ready to chase each other all over Italy and even abroad, always with a great desire to see each other. And the children will come too, maybe two or three will suddenly arrive”.
The crisis and the final farewell
2017 is a crucial year for the couple. Professional commitments keep them increasingly distant and private problems, which Cristina and Fabio have been carrying around for some time, definitively put their relationship in crisis. In October, after a summer spent quietly, Fabio confirms that the crisis is there and it is important: “After 12 years of love, Cristina and I are going through a difficult period, of reflection. And honestly, I can’t tell you what will become of our story.” The reason for the crisis is the future: the wedding, the children, a family. “I am forty-seven years old and … we are still here. And after a while you get tired of waiting. Will there be a return? Ask Cristina the question, not me. In fact, I urge you to do it as soon as possible; So, maybe, I too will have an answer.“, Fulco declares to Moreover. A few months later comes the announcement of the definitive farewell.
Why did they break up?
The reason for the breakup is the lack of a shared vision of their future: Fulco wanted to marry Cristina and have children, but she wasn’t ready. In January 2018 on the pages of Today Cristina confesses: “Unfortunately, in the end I wasn’t sure about starting a family with Fabio. We gave each other so much, and in giving ourselves we sold out. We started dragging ourselves. If I had listened to my gut, I would have pulled away sooner.”. Harsher were the words of Fabio who, always to the weekly Today a month later, he says: “I thought I was with her forever. But I was the only one who believed it. That woman I had idealized never existed. I wasn’t part of Cristina’s plan, but she was with me for 12 years”.
Although their relationship remained tense, Fabio and Cristina have started a new life. Today Cristina Chiabotto is married to the entrepreneur Marco Roscio, with whom she has two daughters. Fabio Fulco is instead linked to Veronica Papa. The two have a daughter.