Top 10 Worst Silvio Berlusconi Gaffes

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has conquered Italian politics for 17 years, been indicted more than 20 times and currently stands trial for four different convictions. As he prepares to step down, TIME takes a look at his most regrettable faux pas and inappropriate zingers

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"Last night I had a queue outside the door of the bedroom ... There were 11 ... I only did eight because I could not do it anymore."

Magistrates investigating entrepreneur Gianpaolo Tarantini for paying women to sleep with Berlusconi in 2007 and 2008, released wiretap conversations with the Italian Prime Minister, who boasts sleeping with eight women and laments his political obligations to Gordon Brown, Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel as interfering with his active "social life."