Top Italian football club fires their stadium falcon handler after he posted images of his new PENIS prosthesis and bragged about his love of sex and Mussolini
Lazio have fired their falcon handler after he bizarrely posted photos of his brand new penis prosthesis on social media.
Marco Baroni’s side currently sit fourth in Serie A, but their biggest concerns lie on the football pitch following Juan Bernabe’s strange antics.
Bernabe – who was sacked by the club in 2021 for giving a fascist salute before being rehired years later – had been in charge of controlling Lazio’s eagle mascot, which appears at every home game.
However, after undergoing prosthetic penis surgery and sharing photos online, the club have confirmed that the 56-year-old has been relieved of his duties.
In a statement, the club said: ‘SS Lazio, shocked by the photo and video images of Mr Juan Bernabe and by reading the statements accompanying them, announces that it has immediately suspended all relations with him, given the seriousness of his behavior.
‘The Club is aware of the shared pain that the loss of the eagle will cause among fans during the upcoming home matches, but believes that it is not possible for everyone, especially not with the historic symbol of the eagle, to be associated with a person who, with his initiative, made the continuation of the relationship unacceptable.’
Lazio fired their falcon handler after he posted updates about his brand new penis prosthesis
Juan Bernabe had been in charge of controlling Lazio’s eagle Olimpica prior to the matches
Bernabe then appeared on Spanish radio station ‘La Zanzara’ to tell his side of the story and emphasized that the operation was necessary.
He explained: ‘I had surgery to improve my sexual performance because I am very active… I have to ejaculate every time I have free time. It was a wonderful operation.
‘I did it to perform like I did when I was young. My erection is natural, but with this device I press a button that allows me to perfectly control both the erection and the time.
‘My conscience is clear, I only published it to inform people about the operation. For me, nudity is normal because I grew up in a naturist family and with an open mind I do not understand the relationship of my photo with pornography,” he explains.
‘Everyone likes sex. I don’t drink, I don’t smoke and I don’t do drugs, but I love sex like all men, and men always try to have greater sexual power.
‘I am a very active man and live with a partner, but I go out with other women. The woman who is with me knows this because she understands that sex is a necessity for me, she has a very open mind. I’d like to have sex once or twice a day.’
Bernabe’s dismissal comes as the latest controversy to hit the falcon handler, after he was sacked for giving a fascist salute during a 2021 match.
Bernabe responded to the incident at the time, after being reinstated at the club, and denied any wrongdoing.
Bernabe pictured himself holding the eagle before a Lazio training session in front of their supporters
Marco Baroni’s team is currently fourth in Serie A and is aiming for a place in the top four
‘I was born in the army, I come from a right-wing culture. I support VOX like several football friends of mine and I am proud of it,” he told Il Messaggero.
‘Are you from Lazio? An honor in every way, it makes me feel more masculine. Mussolini? I admire him enormously.”
In December, Italian football was embroiled in controversy after fans gave the fascist salute after Benito Mussolini’s great-grandson scored his first professional goal.
Romano Floriani Mussolini, who is on loan at Serie B club Juve Stabia from Lazio, scored the only goal of the match in a 1-0 win over Cesena.
After scoring, Mussolini put his finger to his lips, but the fans responded by chanting his name and performing the Roman salute.
The gesture, in which the right arm is extended straight with the palm facing down, is associated with fascism and was often performed by Benito Mussolini.
Benito Mussolini, founder and leader of the National Fascist Party, was Prime Minister of Italy from 1922 until his overthrow in 1943. He was executed in 1945.