Life, Career and Private Life of the Italian Presenter

Diletta Leotta returns today in Verissimo with Ludovica Frasca, first eliminated from the reality show La Talpa – Who is the mole. The reality show, which debuted Tuesday, is back after 20 years. Before Dazn's face, it was Paola Perego who presented it.

La Talpa 2024, notes from the first episode: robotic Diletta Leotta (5), charming Gilles (6), icon Marina La Rosa (8), whiny Elisa Di Francisca (4)

“I don't think she's angry, she was an incredible hostess, I take her as a reference, for me it's an honor. Even though this new Talpa is completely different from previous editions, I still went to rewatch past seasons to see how it behaved,” Diletta told Corriere. While waiting to follow the live, let's find out more about the journalist.

Diletta Leotta, who is she

Born in Catania on August 16, 1991 (she is 33 years old), Giulia Diletta Leotta is the daughter of Rori, a civil lawyer, and mother Ofelia. She is not an only child, but has an older brother, Mirko, who is a plastic surgeon.

Verissimo, the guests of the weekend (Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 November): from Stefania Craxi to Claudio Amendola

At the Sanremo Festival in 2020, she said that her parents met when they were married. He already had a daughter, Ambra, and she had three children; from their union was born Diletta: “I find myself with four brothers. A tribe. We love each other. My parents were intelligent and fostered a beautiful relationship, without quarrels, arguments or misunderstandings.”

The family

The mother Ofelia Castorina is of Sicilian origin and lives in Catania with her family, but does not miss an opportunity to join her daughter in her house in Milan. Beauty runs in the family: mother Ofelia, like her 'little one', is blonde and very elegant, and has often intrigued followers from all over Italy, attracting many compliments from the public and social networks (also because the woman is very active on Instagram, where she has 25,000 followers). In the profile bio, it says “Art & Architecture”, clearly one of his passions. Although they were born to different fathers, Diletta is very attached to her brother Mirko Manola. “My mother married her father when I was 3 years old” – recounted the surgeon who speaking of his beloved sister added – “we see each other very often, we are very united as a family and do everything together like all southern families. Among the passions they share is that of travel. After obtaining his degree in Aesthetic Medicine, he established himself as a cosmetic surgeon working between Milan and Catania, his hometown. In the past, he also traveled a lot for work, moving for a long period of time even to Brazil. “Plastic surgery must not be demonized, it must be known – he said in an interview – not with relentlessness. Plastic surgery should not be exaggerated, but should be adapted to a person's physiognomy.

Studies

Diletta grew up in the love of her family and graduated from a scientific high school with a linguistic orientation, but already at the age of 17 (and therefore before the long-awaited baccalaureate) she signed her first contract with Antenna Sicilia, where she worked in a Football show. And with the same channel, at the age of 19, she accompanied Salvo La Rosa to the presentation of the 11th Festival of New Sicilian Song. Over the years, many users have wondered if the host had a degree. The answer is yes: in October 2015, the presenter obtained a Master's degree in Law at LUISS University in Rome.

The career

After completing her studies, she participated in several beauty contests, including Miss Muretto in 2006 and Miss Italy in 2009, without passing the selections. In 2011, she arrived at Mediaset with the show Il compleanno di La5, then moved to Sky the following year becoming “weather presenter” of Sky Meteo24. She arrived at Sky Sport during the 2015-2016 sporting season. The same year, she again presented special broadcasts on the European Football Championships for the satellite channel with Ilaria D'Amico. In 2017, she presented with Francesco Facchinetti the final of the 79th edition of Miss Italy broadcast on La7. She then transferred to DAZN, in 2018. But Diletta Leotta is not exclusively interested in football: in 2019, she presented with Daniele Battaglia the entertainment show W la Playa broadcast on Italia Uno and the following year, she participated on the set of Giampaolo Morelli's film 7 ore per farti innamorare playing his own role. Again in 2020, she co-hosted an evening at the Sanremo Festival with Amadeus. In June 2023, the presenter inaugurates her new podcast entitled Mamma Dilettante in which she dialogues with personalities from the world of entertainment such as Elisabetta Canalis and Alessia Marcuzzi on the theme of motherhood.

Privacy

Diletta Leotta was in the past engaged to Matteo Mammì, executive of Sky and nephew of the former Minister of Communications, Oscar Mammì. Their relationship lasted approximately four years, with one year of cohabitation. Subsequently, the young presenter began a relationship first with the Italian boxer Daniele Scardina, then with the Turkish actor Can Yaman, with whom she broke up in 2021.

The story with Loris

In 2022, Diletta became engaged to Newcastle goalkeeper Loris Karius. But how did they meet? Their love story was born from love at first sight in one of the most romantic cities in the world: Paris. Diletta Leotta told Verissimo: “When I saw him enter a restaurant, I turned to my friends and said: Girls, this is the man of my life. I greeted him and he came closer, we met like that.” After almost a year of relationship, the host becomes pregnant. They made her pregnancy official at the end of March. A few weeks later, Leotta reveals that she is expecting a baby girl, Aria, who was born last summer.

The wedding

The couple said the famous 'yes' on Saturday June 22, 2024 in front of 150 guests in a dream villa in the Aeolian Islands. Sicily, more precisely Vulcano, is in fact the native land of the host who said “The first time I went there, I said “I will get married here”. I had it in mind since I was 11.” And finally, this dream came true. The nuptials took place in the magical setting of the Therasia Resort in Vulcano, one of the “pearls” of the Aeolian Islands – with menu prices at 1,500 euros per person – which had been fully booked for the big event. Diletta wore no less than four outfits on her magical day, all in ADV with the renowned Atelier Emé.

How she was and how she became

From her debut until today, however, her appearance has changed: she herself finally admitted, during an episode of Verissimo, to having resorted to some cosmetic surgery touch-ups, but not to be ashamed of it, as it is fair: “I don't think it's something to hide or be ashamed of, in 2021 I think it's an uninhibited subject. I read negative comments where they say that I am fake, plastic. But if you decide to modify a part of your body, that does not mean that you modify your morality, your simplicity. If I decide to change a part of me, that does not mean that I am false, without morality.” The host did not go into detail about the interventions to which she was subjected, so we do not know exactly which parts of the body (or face) were modified. On the issue, in the past, his brother Mirko, a plastic surgeon, had also intervened, explaining that his sister had visited him in the office at most once in her life. The presenter is 1.75 meters tall and weighs approximately 63 kilos.

Critics

The criticisms, especially those from haters, don't bother her: “They give as much time as they can – she tells Corriere – often they are the same people you meet in the street and who tell you that you are a phenomenon. I put up a wall and I don’t let myself be shaken.” Also because of Instagram, she defines herself as a narcissist. But that's not a problem. “A little narcissism is inevitable. And if it’s not too much, I even think it’s healthy.” Between scales and mirror, she is obsessed with her image: “More of the mirror, but only when I work, because I want to be great, in shape, always wow. With the lights off, I need to be comfortable: on a daily basis, poor my husband, he has to take me natural, in jogging pants and without heels.”

Where she lives

Diletta Leotta lives in Milan, in the Porta Nuova area, where she lives in a complex called Giardini d'Inverno which has just 95 apartments with greenhouses, a rooftop swimming pool and spectacular views of the city. Among his neighbors, there are the Me Contro Te, but also his great friend Elodie. A large terrace with swimming pool where the host likes to spend her free time. The house has soft colors with parquet floors and the living room with large bay windows is the most lived-in part of the apartment. The indoor palm tree with large leaves and the electric fireplace are certainly the protagonists of the living area with the television and the white sofa opposite. The island kitchen with soft and essential lines, in cream tones with gold details creates a welcoming atmosphere. Little Aria's room is full of toys and stuffed animals for the girl to play with. Lights lit in the shape of stars, wallpaper decorated with balloons and hot air balloon bears and a Montessori bed with a tent-like structure. Diletta and Loris' bedroom follows the soft colors that dominated the entire house, but with a touch of color given by the cushions on the double bed and on the gray headboard. Above the bed, golden frames that recall Sicilian tradition.

Salary

How much does Diletta Leotta earn? A question that many ask, but which has no precise answers. According to unconfirmed indiscretions, the host of Dazn has a contract of one million euros per year. But this is information that finds no response.