Messis mother accused of trying to upstage new bride
Long standing rift between Messis mother and Antonellas family!
Lionel Messis mother has been accused of trying to upstage her daughter-in-law after turning up to the couples wedding wearing an almost identical white dress, reports The Mail.
The Barcelona football star and his childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo tied the knot yesterday at a star-studded event in their hometown, Rosario in Argentinas Santa Fe province.
The wedding preparations had been dogged with rumours of a long-standing rift between Messis mother Celia Cuccittini and Antonellas side of the family. Argentinian media had reported that the Messis had booked an entire floor of the City Center Rosario hotel complex, with Antonellas family occupying another floor, because the two families are not on speaking terms.
But there were shocked gasps after the civil ceremony when Celia arrived with husband Jorge on the red carpet wearing a silver white lace gown which was strikingly similar to that of the bride.
It is already considered a lack of respect in Argentina for any other guest or family member at a wedding to wear white except for the bride.
And in the days leading up last nights the wedding, the designer chosen by mother Celia and her daughter Sol for their dresses, had told Argentinas infobae website that the mothers dress would be dark.
Designer, Claudio Cosano, who travelled to Rosario to help the women get ready, said they would be very luxurious dresses, couture. I can assure you that they will be dark and with the Cosan style impregnated in them.
But when she appeared Celia was wearing a long clear-cut white gown with embroidered stones and boat neckline, and a lace hem which touched the floor, just like her new daughter-in-laws wedding dress.
For many in Argentina, the choice of dress was an attempt to compete with the woman who, according to reports, she never wanted to marry her famous son.
Messi was wearing an Armani suit designed by Argentinian designer Claudio Cosano and Antonellas wedding dress was reportedly flown in yesterday accompanied by two bodyguards. It seems that Celia Messi decided to ignore this maxim a wear a dress by Claudi Cosano that, although spectacular, was not suitable for the mother of the groom.
The doubts remains whether it was just a coincidence or if this gesture of the stars mother confirms the rumours that the relationship is not good between Antonella and her mother-in-law. Hours before the wedding another Messi family member confirmed rumours of a feud within the family.
Women guests were reportedly encouraged to bring three dresses to avoid clashes or repeats of clothes. Pictured: Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero and his girlfriend Karina Tejeda.
One of the footballers aunts was caught out live on TV when the Argentine America TV channel called her for an interview about her nephew and she revealed bitterly that she hadnt been invited to the wedding.
When the woman found out she was live on air she hung up, and when the show called again she answered in tears, blamed Messis horrible mother Celia for being shafted from the ceremony. She added that Celia had split up the family, complaining that more relatives from her side of the family had received invites to the wedding than that of Messis father Jorge.
A source close to the Messi family told MailOnline that relations between his family and fiancee Antonella Roccuzzo had also been strained for nearly seven years.
Messi and Antonella, who have two sons, chose to marry in their home town of Rosario where they grew up together.
The friend, who knew the Messi family before the footballer became famous and accompanied them on their first trips to Barcelona, said bad feelings first emerged in 2010, before the South Africa World Cup.
He said: An Argentinian interviewer was talking to Messis mum about her and her husband going over to South Africa to see Messi play.
He mentioned that Antonella was already there, and she declared: Antonella, Antonella, whos Antonella?
It caused tension in the family, and Messi told his parents to stay in Argentina. The two families have struggled to be amicable since then.
But the Messi family dismissed reports of a feud between the families as nonsense.
Argentinian media and social media also tore in to singer Shakira, girlfriend of Gerard Pique, who wore the same black dress for the wedding that she posed in for a shoot for the June edition of Italys Vanity Fair magazine, and which she has been seen in on other occasions.
She also wore her straightened hair up in a simple pigtail, which many took as a show of disdain for Antonella, who she reportedly doesnt get on well with. One commentator wrote: Shakiras looks didnt go unnoticed, misaligned, badly-combed and with a dress that, far from being at the level of the most elegant guests, was one which she had used on many other occasions.
