Far-right Italian Giorgia Meloni posts suggestive video about 'melons' on election day

Italy’s far-right presidential candidate posted a suggestive video about melons in the lead-up to the election.

In a TikTok video, the Italian right-wing politician Giorgia Meloni made a tongue-in-cheek joke about her name on the day of Italy’s parliamentary elections on Sunday.

Meloni is the leader of the right-wing party Fratelli d’Italia which translates to Brothers of Italy. The Roman woman is currently on course to win the election, which will make her Italy’s most right-wing leader since Benito Mussolini and the first female prime minister.

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Making a pun on her surname, 45-year-old Meloni held up two melons to her chest and referenced the election in the caption and in the clip, saying to the camera: “September 25. I have said it all.”

The cheeky clip has been viewed more than 5.3 million times and got over 227,000 likes.

In the comments, some TikTokers offered their congratulations, while others despaired at the prospect of a right-wing politician possibly leading Italy soon.

One person said: “This is why she won.”

Someone else commented: “Congratulations Giorgia!! Much love from the States.

Another person wrote: “I'm Portuguese and even I am sad worried :/ Good luck to all sane Italians.”

“Back to 1922,” someone else despaired.

One person said: “NOOOOOOO.”

On Twitter, one of Meloni’s party colleagues went along with the melon pun, posting a graphic with two Os in the word “Voto” (choice) replaced with pictures of melons.

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