My name is Gianni Russo, aka Carlo, the infamous son-in-law from the godfather.

I'm now known as the Hollywood Godfather, and this is my story.

Before all of the wins in my portfolio, I was a little boy diagnosed with polio.

Experimenting with cures, I tried everyone. tried everyone felt everything in my right but my left was

numb walking with a limp like will i ever run once again or is this it am i for ever done living in the

hospital was never fun some people were cool but not everyone welcome everybody it's time again for another Hollywood Godfather podcast. And I love doing these

shows, especially with my co-host, Jeannie Raymond. Hello, everyone. I love. Hope it isn't well in your life.

It sure is. It's cooling down a little, but not too cold, because I'm a win.

I love it.

I love the fall.

To me, it's like one of my favorite times in New York.

So with that said, you told me you had a request, and I wanted to hear it on air so it could be more sparnatious.

That's right. So Mary from Chicago, she said she has read the book, The Hollywood Godfather, two times.

And just so everyone knows that book is still for sale, you can get that everywhere. It's still a bestseller.

And I highly recommend it.

I own a copy of the book and I listen to it on audio, which was fantastic because Gianni

narrated it, which made it extra special.

I really enjoyed that.

But Mary said she's read the book twice and that she noticed that through his book, religion has always been a very big part of your life and you've been a devout Catholic. And she just wanted you to tell us about your feeling toward all of the changes that are going on with the Catholic Church and how that has affected you?

Well, you know, my confusion started early on because I was studying to be an altar boy.

I just go to church at my grandmother and my aunts every day.

I was five and a half, six years old. old. And, you know, they introduced me to the

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