Stefano De Martino is the protagonist of the first story of the episode of You have mail on Saturday, January 20th. The loving hug in the studio Maria De Filippi which brought it into being for the first time thanks to Amici. De Martino was asked in the studio by Emanuela, who was writing the program for her parents. “Being a daughter does not mean throwing tantrums to get expensive gifts,” Manuela says in her letter. “Being a son means knowing that you have other people you can rely on.” At the age of 24, Emanuela was diagnosed with lymphoma. It is their parents who support them and encourage them to fight. It was her mother who acted as a hairdresser and organized dinner for her with her boyfriend on the terrace. Instead, her father accompanied her to chemo cycles and said he was proud of her. Today Emanuela would like to thank both of them for their presence.
Emanuela's letter to her parents
Petra and Luigi, Emanuela's parents, accept the invitation from You've Got Mail. In front of their daughter, they listen with emotion to her words and those of the moderator, who reads a letter written for the occasion to the two of them. “Tonight I want to thank you because you gave me life twice,” Emanuela writes in her letter. “You always told me that it would have been better if it had happened to you and not to me, but in hindsight I realized that.” It's okay, like that: I wouldn't have had the strength to do what you did for me.
Stefano De Martino grants vacation, but Petra refuses: “I’m not leaving without my children”
Stefano De Martino enters the studio to hug Petra and Luigi. “Your story is wonderful,” the moderator takes the floor. “I have been a father for some time and when I heard your story, I imagined how I would behave as a son and parent. When my son has a fever, I want to take the fever and transfer it from his body to mine. It hurts when your children are sick. Then he turned to Emanuela: “I can't give you an answer if you're wondering why all this bad stuff happened to you. But I know why all the good things happened to you, because you have two parents like that. The parents are there to support us despite everything.” The Rai host then brings his gifts to Petra and Luigi. Among them is a holiday that Petra, however, rejects: “I won't go without my children and I can't take them with me, they have to study.” It is Maria De Filippi who persuades her to accept the gift, which she probably returned out of embarrassment .