The photos, published by the tabloid newspaper Novella2000, show Defense Minister Guido Crosetto on vacation in Sardinia with his wife Gaia Saponaro, a former volleyball player. "Love without defense" is the title of the news, which depicts the minister hugging his life partner in bathing suits. It should be noted that the magazine's publisher is a company owned by Daniela Santanchè, the current Minister of Tourism and Crosetto's party ally. Crosetto was infuriated by the comments after their vacation became public, particularly because the web's haters had targeted his beautiful, 20-year-long partner. "The pages of a weekly magazine with photos torn from my privacy are circulating on social media," the minister wrote on his profile of X. "I keep my rage to myself because it happened to others. I can't keep it for comments about my wife. We've been married for 20 years. We are a married couple with two children. Is she more beautiful than I am? Well, it is true!".