In I will sleep at your house, Antoine de Maximy travels the world – and even France. The 62-year-old host discovers the cultures of different countries and tries to be invited to the locals, in order to soak up even more customs. In this month of February 2022, it was in Ivory Coast that he was filming. And the trip was cut short by a week. As revealed by our colleagues from Parisian, the famous backpacker was injured on the spot and his state of health required repatriation to France.
As part of his docu-report now broadcast on RMC Découverte, one of the most famous globetrotters in France went to a small village in order to see plantations. And this is where the crash happened: Antoine de Maximy’s right leg slipped while the left got stuck in roots. “Before wondering where I was hurting, I first thought of filming the scenesays the one who had not yet turned on his camera. The guys in the village started putting ointment on me, massaging me and twisting my ankle all over the place.“
After these few summary treatments, he takes the road to the neighboring town, where he is staying. “Could have been fun if I just had a sprain. When everything is going well, it’s fun. But when it’s not right, it’s even better“, estimates the host, already trapped in the middle of a shooting in the Caribbean. On the spot, Antoine de Maximy goes to the dispensary. In view of the injury, the production teams call in a doctor from Europe Assistance. The diagnosis falls: fibula fracture. “I wanted to continue. Corn I limped badly. We opted for repatriation. It could have become necrotic or reattached crookedly“, he confides.
Antoine de Maximy repatriated from Ivory Coast and operated in France
Once in France, the fighter was operated. “They put screws and a plate in my leg. At my age, it’s better that way. I have it for a month, a month and a half. It can go fasterhe enthuses. For the moment, I move around on a crutch with a walking boot or on a wheeled office chair at home. I also took the scooter back. That’s not going to hurt my morale.“
The few rushes brought back with him will perhaps be enough to mount this issue of I will sleep at your house. And one thing is certain, there will be enough to share behind-the-scenes images! Indeed, Antoine de Maximy, who tested positive for Covid-19 the day before his departure but asymptomatic, remembers this scene where he must have been “pushed into a baggage cart at Abidjan airport“.