Egonu: “I loved a girl but I’m not a lesbian”

“Me flag bearer? Yes, let’s make the revolution.” This was stated by the blue of volleyball Paola Egonu commenting, in an interview with Corriere della Sera, on the hypothesis that she is chosen as Italy’s standard bearer for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for this summer. For now, his name would be on the Coni short list. “It would be fantastic, a crazy honor. Wow, then I could die right away! I would like to take this responsibility on my shoulders, really: me, black, Italian and the flag. Ignorance and certain things from the past need a clean break . I’m ready. Let’s do it, boom, this revolution! “, Says the 22-year-old player, who in the interview also goes back to what he said a few years ago about his love for a girl, specifying that he is not homosexual. “Exactly, I’m not. I admitted that I love a woman (and I would say it again, I’ve never regretted it) and all to say: here, Egonu is a lesbian. No, it doesn’t work like that. I fell in love with a colleague but not it means that I could not fall in love with a boy or another woman. I have nothing to hide but basically it’s my business. What should be of interest is whether I play volleyball well, not who I sleep with. ” Do you have a love today? “No, there isn’t – she replies-. I’m a crazy woman who falls in love at first sight, bang, in two seconds. I’m not there to think about it, I leave like a train. Then I also take my beautiful two of spades, blows deadly, but at least I live it one hundred percent, without remorse. I must say that the idea of ​​great love does not drive me crazy: I am interested in what I need in a certain phase of my life, it does not have to be for always. But I’m inconsistent because I think marriage is a fantastic institution. Dunno, maybe my ideas are a bit confused … “.