Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Premier, Demands Public Apology from Wife, Veronica Lario, For Confirming Plans to Divorce Him

Once again, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is in the news for all the wrong reasons. You will recall that he is a gaffe machine like Vice President Joe Biden. He called President Obama "sun tanned" after he won the presidential election last year. Berlusconi is quoted as saying that he doesn't know if he wants to patch up his marriage and demanding a public apology from his wife, actress Veronica Lario. What a narcissist. Berlusconi, here's my question to you, if she doesn't apologize publicly, exactly what will you do? Isn't that a threat?

His wife confirmed Sunday she is seeking a divorce from Berlusconi for his constant flirtations with younger women. They have been together since 1980, married in 1990 and have three children in their twenties, but have lived separate lives for many years.

The top editors of Corriere della Sera and La Stampa wrote in Monday's editions that they spoke with Berlusconi, and the premier is feeling bitter about Lario's revelations that she wants to split.

"Veronica will have to publicly apologize to me. And I don't know if that will be enough," Corriere quoted Berlusconi as saying. The Milan daily says when it asked Berlusconi if he was thinking of patching up the couple's nearly 30-year-long relationship, the premier replied: "I don't believe so. I don't know if I want to this time." Berlusconi was quoted as expressing annoyance with his wife, claiming this is the "third time in an election campaign that she plays a joke like this on me."

Last week, Lario, a good-looking woman who generally shuns the limelight of her husband's wealth and office, also made known she was irked by her husband's attending the 18th-birthday party of the daughter of a friend of his in Naples. She claimed that Berlusconi never attended the 18th-birthday parties of his own children. Source: Huffington Post

Ouch. That's low.

The bottom line is that Silvio Berlusconi needs to stop throwing his weight around because he is coming looking like a spoiled brat who throws a temper tantrum when he doesn't get his way. The last thing he should do is air his dirty laundry in public.