Lapo Elkann confesses in the studies of Verissimo, guest of Silvia Toffanin. The entrepreneur, working with his Laps Foundation to help fragile or troubled children, recounted the most painful moments of his life. Starting from the drama lived in his childhood: “I was abused at the age of 13 several times in boarding school and it is something that has created confusion in the head. It leads you to go towards self-destruction and you risk killing yourself. in depth. How did I overcome the trauma? My extreme sensitivity and my great willpower helped me. I am not afraid of my frailties. I learned to accept myself and ask for help. It took some time but today I am well with who I am “.
But it wasn’t the only bad moment: “My best friend killed himself. He was the person I loved most in my life. He was a fantastic, fragile person who, unlike me, didn’t fight his demons. In my heart there is always, “he explains.
“As a child I had two dreams, one was to become a Formula One driver, and the other to change the world. My goal is to become an entrepreneur of solidarity – he continues -. It makes me feel better to help others than earn money. it makes me happy and seeing others who cannot be become so. I am living this period with great concern. You see so much anger, so much tension, you see people who think that Covid does not exist. We must learn to live with Covid. Instead of wage war, we should work to restore energy “.
On past addictions: “When you are alone, at a certain point you don’t know how to deal with fragility. I didn’t use substances to celebrate, for me it was an anesthetizer. I anesthetized a pain that I felt in me. Unfortunately I paid the consequences several times … I have done enough badly myself, from now on I want more “.
On private life “: I have a very nice girlfriend and different from the ones I had. She is a very strong woman. I am grateful to her because she helps me in working on myself and in finding a balance, but she is not the right woman to do a son. I would like to be a father to a girl, but I’m afraid. I don’t like failures, I don’t want to get divorced. Having a child is not a game. “
On the commitment with the Laps Foundation: “:” First the car accident in Israel (for which he was in a coma, ed.) And then Covid made me think a lot about what I want and what I don’t want, and about what’s important to me “.
Speaking of the lawyer Gianni Agnelli, Lapo says: “My grandfather gave me and taught me a lot. He is one of the people I loved most in my life together with my grandmother Marella”.
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