is one of the biggest stars not only of Italian, but also of world cinema. Due to her extraordinary beauty, even as a teenager she was quite successful among men, which was the envy of all her friends. However, she showed no interest in her peers, as a renowned film producer, Carlo Ponti, caught her eye.
She was 16, he was 37. Even the Vatican criticized their relationship
Although Sophia had undoubted talent and beauty, which was loved by the camera, she planned a teaching career. However, fate wanted it otherwise. At the age of 15, she decided to use her greatest assets to earn extra money for the household budget and relieve the burden on her overworked parents. At that time, she also started trying her hand at beauty contests. In 1950, she even became the first runner-up in Miss Italy. She had no idea that participating in the plebiscite would give a completely new course not only to her career, but also to her life. It was then that she caught the attention of film producer Carlo Ponti. Initially, he showed interest in her only in the professional sphere. He argued that she should try her hand at acting, as he saw in her the potential to become a world-famous star. Finally, she was convinced, and the cooperation immediately bore fruit.
As soon as rumors about their intimacy appeared behind the scenes, a scandal broke out. At that time, Loren was less than 16 years old and her beloved was 37. Moreover, he was the father of two children. – Because he was married, I didn’t feel like putting him in an either/or situation and because at that age, and I was only 16 at the time, you couldn’t do things like that – many years later. Their relationship was put to the test from the beginning. Although they got engaged after 3 years of dating, they could not show their feelings for each other in public places, not to mention the wedding. They decided to go to Mexico, where they formalized their relationship, which was annulled a few years later due to formal oversights.
After over 15 years of relationship, they got married. They were married for over four decades
However, before they were no longer legally married, the Vatican loudly criticized their relationship. There were headlines in the press calling them “public sinners” and that because of their “illegal relationship” they could not receive the sacraments. – , and for what reason? I fell in love with a man whose marriage had been dead for a long time. I wanted to become his wife and the mother of his children – she said bitterly in “Vanity Fair”. – We did everything to legalize our relationship, but we were called sinners. We should have been enjoying our honeymoon, but all I remember was crying for hours, the actress recalled.
Their relationship was on everyone’s tongue for a long time, even when Ponti officially separated from his wife and she publicly argued that she was supporting his new love. Everything changed only in the mid-1960s. Then they moved to France, where they managed to obtain French citizenship, and Ponti officially divorced them and had their church wedding annulled. In April 1966, Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti vowed their sacramental “I do”. Two years later, after several miscarriages, their long-awaited son Carl Junior was born, and after another five years the family expanded with a second child, Edoard. Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti were together until his death in 2007.
Source: Gazeta
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