Oddities

Sebastiano Ridolfi - Photo by Paolo Covi

"I live for experiences that don't fit on the resume," the saying goes.

I always look to the future with curiosity and a desire to reinvent myself. I am dedicated to my work and I enjoy new challenges, but I love to challenge my serious reputation with some healthy self-irony. That's why I've been up to quite a few shenanigans over the years....

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... I became Trump's doppelgänger and tried to convince the citizens of Verona to build a wall to defend themselves from illegal immigrants from Vicenza...

Sebastiano Ridolfi disguised as Donald Trump - At Milord, Berfi's Club, Verona
Sebastiano Ridolfi disguised as Donald Trump with Vi Sorrentino (Melania), Greta Gobbetti (Ivanka), Stefano Capponi, Davide Avesani and Giuseppe Borruto - At Regaste di San Zeno, Castelvecchio, Verona
Sebastiano Ridolfi with Franz Gambale on Telearena for Papa del Gnoco 2019 - Photo by Francesco Delai

...and I was a candidate in the election for the 489th Papà del Gnoco. With my "opponent," we brought over 7.000 people to vote, in a record edition of Verona's carnival tradition (among the oldest in the world).

A post on American National Public Radio was also dedicated to this adventure.