Is it true love or just a well-conceived joke? In any case, the love story between Clooney and Canalis “is a double fairytail that can be good for female adolescents”. This is what psychologist Paola Vinciguerra, president of the European Association of panic attack, said commenting the love story between the Hollywood star and the Italian showgirl, who will both be in Rome in the next couple of days for the film festival.

“We help our children to live better and especially interpret in the right way the messages that arrive from the media”, said the psychologist – The relationship between George Clooney and Italian Elisabetta Canalis, for example, can be seen as a double fairytail, which gives you the chance to see some positive aspects in a gossip issue which is continuously monitored by the media – explained Vinciguerra. First of all Canalis, an Italian star becomes a common person, a Cinderella compared to the Hollywood actor”.

A modern Cinderella “that the prince, unquestionable sex symbol, chose and transformed into a princess. When someone makes a dream become true, we start thinking that it could also happen to us”, she added. That is why many girls will be surer of themselves because an Italian girl managed to conquer the heart of one of the most desired men in the world”. So is it better to smile and put aside the magazines that are following the story or we can still pamper ourselves with some gossip?

Translated by Chiara Nunnari from John Milton Institute