came out as gay over the weekend during an interview with Rai3’s late-night talk show Che Tempo Che Fa. Spadafora, promoting his upcoming book, Unreserved, explained that it’s his responsibility as a public figure to be visible. “I think that people’s private lives should remain that way, but I also think those with a public role, a political role like mine, have some more responsibility,” he said. “And I did it for myself too, because I learned perhaps too late that it is important to love and respect each other.”Spadafora, 47, is a prominent member of the Movimento 5 Stelle (MS5), the populist, anti-establishment political party.