Emma Marrone posts photos with Belen Rodriguez on Instagram and without much surprise, the post goes viral. “Emma, ​​teach me not to get angry because I’m incapable”, the comment with the most likes, but also “Stefano De Martino loves this element” defends well. The funniest? “They like Hayley and Selena,” a subscriber writes sarcastically to the most discussed triangle in recent years. The Salento singer and the Argentine presenter, portrayed by the press for ten years as “rivals in love”, officially bury the hatchet 11 years after the “crime”.

It’s 2012, and the newspapers don’t talk about anything else: Belen Rodriguez invited by Maria De Filippi to a dance commercial Friendsbetween bachata and tango, she falls in love with dancer Stefano De Martino. However, at least on paper, he is still linked to Emma Marrone, his girlfriend since 2009. “It was not easy for me, it was a hell of a period. Everyone wanted me to talk, and I always had journalists on the street. music”, Emma’s words about that period: “I never sold images or individuals. I fought for everyone to understand that I am an artist.”

Headlines about the year’s betrayal keep in suspense for months, and even today in interviews, the topic repeatedly resurfaces. Just a few days ago in an interview Today– The Neapolitan conductor spoke about this again. “I’d rather be an ex than a partner,” said the 33-year-old, still involved with the Argentine dancer, mother of his son Santiago, “being around me isn’t easy, I’m fickle, always looking for the next me. After all, I think they love me because they are happy to be free. Emma, ​​looking back, I think she made the most of it.”

That’s why the photo of Belen and Emma hugging together this has not gone unnoticed. Real Brown’s last episode preview Hyenas where he presented his new single half the world. “I will open a memory for you,” Marrone wrote ironically, quoting the song but also referring to the past that united them. The complicity between the two “former rivals” is also palpable during the Italia 1 show, in particular when Emma fell during her performance, finding her shoulder in Belen to get up. “Emma gave us two great falls. Since I fell in the last episode, I think it’s right. You did it to make me feel better,” said the host, “However, we are very good at falling, and we also know each other .raise very well.”

Relaxed atmosphere, smiles, pats on the back and hugs. This was unthinkable until a few years ago when newspapers liked to gloss over their antagonism by promoting a (toxic) narrative of two rival women vying for a man. A twist that smells like sisterhood and brings a lot of benefits.