With his partner Rachel Legrain-Trapani, Valentine Leonard participated in Beijing Express shock duos. The pairs played for an association and the couple had chosen Accolade, which improves the care of children with cancer and their families. A cause that particularly affects the charming 33-year-old brunette because he was personally affected, as Miss France 2007 recalled in Instagram story, August 3, 2022.
On Wednesday was broadcast the semi-final of this special celebrity season of Beijing Express. Rachel Legrain-Trapani and Valentin Léonard faced Inès Reg and her sister Anaïs as well as Valérie Trierweiler and her best friend Karine. And once again, the former candidate of the Marseilles (W9) was the focus of criticism. Internet users criticize him for his too competitive side and sometimes his way of speaking to his companion. But once again, he was able to count on the mother of Gianni (9 years old, fruit of his former union with Aurélien Capoue) and Andrea (2 years old, fruit of his current relationship) to defend him.
In Instagram story, the former beauty queen has indeed shared a message of support sent by a member of the Accolade association. “Our greatest victory: to make the members of this association, the children and their families happy. Valentin may seem very or even too competitive but I think above all that he wanted to achieve this for them at all costs. We chose this association because he himself was confronted with cancer at the age of 6 and that we want to help as we can these children and their families“, can we read in the caption.
Some may not know it, but Valentin Léonard indeed fought against lymphoblastic leukemia during his childhood. “It was the beginning of a long and difficult fight for me and my loved ones. Heavy treatments such as chemotherapy and all its side effects: hair loss, weight gain and loss, mood disorder, repeated lumbar punctures, social isolation etc After more than a year of treatment and 5 years of remission I came out victorious. Today I am in great shape and in good health. Some will not have been so lucky, including some of my roommates. This is why it is important to support cancer research“he wrote on Instagram on December 1, 2020. To illustrate his words, he shared photos from when he was sick. We can discover him with a bald head and a thin face.