October 20, 2023: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday said that she has separated from her journalist partner Andrea Giambruno.

Taking to X, Giorgia Meloni said, “My relationship with Andrea Giambruno, which lasted almost 10 years, ends here". "Our paths have diverged for some time, and the time has come to acknowledge it," she added.

Giambruno, who hosts the show "Diario del Giorno" on Italian free-to-air television channel Rete 4a had come under flak when he suggested on his show this August that women could avoid rape by not getting too drunk.

Meloni had said after that episode that she should not be judged for comments made by her partner, and that in future she would not answer questions about his behaviour.