“Life is purity, transparency. Sex is a beautiful thing and I have nothing to hide. I exposed myself to give courage to the many men who have erection problems and secretly suffer in silence. The Lazio fans gave me strength and asked me for advice.” For days Juan Bernabethe falconer who brings the Olympia eagle, symbol of Lazio, into the Olympic stadium, is at the center of controversy.
The images of the operation for the penile prosthesis implantation he underwent have made the rounds on social media. Then came the intimate photos and videos that would have embarrassed even the president of Lazio Claudio Lotito. “It doesn’t appear to me that he’s mad at me. Lotito is also a man and he knows that mine was a surgery, I didn’t make a porn film”, calmly states Bernabè who had already been forgiven in 2021 after he had paid homage to the Lazio fans by showing the Roman salute. “Mussolini? I admire him very much. But that is the past. It has nothing to do with it. Here we talk about my health and among other things he operated on me Gabriele Antonini who in addition to being a luminary is also Lazio’s urologist.”
Why did Bernabè share his intimate photos? Don’t you think you’ve crossed the line?
“I grew up in a healthy, clean family, without preconceptions, which taught me to have a healthy relationship with my body and with sex. My genitals are like my hands. It’s a part of my body. I’m not malicious. I’m from Cadiz, Spain, where there is a beautiful beach. We have always done naturism with my parents. It’s natural for me to experience my body like this, but from the comments I realized that it is full of psychopathic people who have problems with themselves, perhaps because they were repressed in childhood.”
Why did you decide to show the videos and photos of the surgery? Was it a way to get a discount from the clinic?
“But what a discount. I did it to give a signal and courage to the many people who have the same problem. It is important that they know that they do not run any kind of risk in doing this surgery and that in Italy there is a professor like Antonini who is at the forefront. The result is wonderful. It’s a very delicate topic, men are ashamed, impotence is a taboo and society judges you. Instead there is nothing to be ashamed of.”
How did the people who follow you react? Did they make fun of her?
“I don’t care about destructive comments. We are talking about a medical issue here. The nice thing is that many men have written to me and confided in me. They are people who normally live hidden with fear and shame because they have erectile dysfunction. After the age of 50, many help themselves with pills. This is how I solved it.”
Who wrote to you? Even Roma fans?
“Let’s say that my Instagram is quite closed, only Lazio fans follow it. They were close to me, they gave me strength and someone asked me for the doctor’s contact details. What does it mean to be Lazio? An honor in every sense , it makes me feel more masculine.”
Why did you decide to do this operation?
“I have had two carcinomas in the past and a testicular problem from falling from a horse. Now I have regained self-confidence and full sexual potency. Actually more. Because all I have to do is push the button to get an erection that can last as long as I want. This opens up unknown horizons even in a couple’s sexual fantasies.”
