Fans of Florent Pagny have not forgotten, and will never forget, January 25, 2022. The date on which the 61-year-old artist revealed that he had lung cancer. An announcement difficult to hear, on which the singer still wanted to reassure: he will fight until the end and will keep his eternal smile. More than a year after this announcement, the interpreter of “My freedom of thought” is not totally healed, but still keeps his eternal joy of living.
Indeed, on Sunday March 5, on “Seven to Eight”the coach of “The Voice” gave news of his illness. If he has been in remission for a long time, his condition has deteriorated all the same and he is not immune to a relapse. “I had an exam a very short time ago because I found myself, a week ago, with a huge fit of coughing, where it reminded me of my beginnings of this story”he confided before announcing: “I quickly went to Buenos Aires and back to take pictures. And in fact, the pictures, they are not terrible”.
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Amel Bent reveals his exchanges with Florent Pagny
Forced to return to Paris for new tests, Florent Pagny explained that a “ganglia fixed”. “Which means that there is a risk of metastasis. There is always something that ends up reappearing”, he noted. Despite these health problems and his lack of “The Voice”the singer still keeps in touch with his colleagues from the show. TF1. In particular with Amel Bent to whom he gave valuable advice.
Indeed, the 37-year-old singer gave an interview to our colleagues from Tele-Leisure this Friday, April 14. Interview in which she confided that she had not yet had the chance to see Florent Pagny again. On the other hand, both “talk to each other all the time on the phone and by text”. If the 61-year-old artist could not watch the blind auditions, he still exchanged with Amel Bent. “No, but he gave me advice: ‘Trust yourself, you’re never wrong’, ‘Keep enjoying the show’…”she confides to our colleagues before concluding: “He also told me that I had to be myself because it works“. Advice that she puts into practice in the new season and which allows Florent Pagny to be present, even from afar.
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