For a year and a half, viewers have had the pleasure of discovering a new episode of Large families, life in XXL. And one of the stars of the program is undoubtedly Amandine Pellissard. The mother, who heads a tribe of eight children, has been around since the first season. Since then, the public has learned a lot of information about his private life, including certain dramas.
The charming 35-year-old brunette is very active on social networks. Regularly, she organizes live on Instagram. And, during that of June 8, 2021, she confided in her very complicated relationship with her dad. “My parents divorced when I was little, I saw my father for years, it went very badly. (…) I experienced very difficult things with my father which had to lead to a court decision which took away his parental authority and his visiting rights. on me when I was 12. When you are faced with extremely serious and heavy things when you are a child, it is complicated to build yourself“, she explained. These traumas had consequences on her life since she had a hard time building herself. She recognized that she”got a lot wrong“, without saying more.
It was not until his episode of “Baby Story”, created by Jeremstar, to learn a little more about his painful past. After recalling that her parents had divorced when she was 2 years old, Amandine Pellissard confided that her dad had already been violent with his mom. “I was 18 months old, I was in the hallway. And I remember that scene where my mom walked through the kitchen patio door. She was then hospitalized“, she recalled. Then, she revealed that she had been a victim of incest during her childhood. Her daddy had a brother, in particular, with Down’s syndrome. And he abused her as she did. confided moved: “I went there every other weekend and half the vacation, we slept in the same room, him in a bed, me in a cot in the same room. Things happened that should never have happened. Her brother unfortunately sexually assaulted me several times between my 6 and 12 years old, until I don’t go to my dad’s at all and it breaks out, I throw it all out and it ends in court.“
Drugs and miscarriage
Before the truth came out, Amandine Pellissard did everything to hide what was happening to her mother, in order to preserve her. But, once her mother found out, she lodged a complaint and proceedings were initiated. She obtained justice that parental authority as well as visitation rights are denied to her father. “I had depression when I was 12, I was hospitalized, I had anorexia. I went through self-destruction, I was confronted with drugs during this time. When I was about 15, I started hanging out with the wrong people and doing bullshit. I dabbled in everything, until I got pregnant with Leo“She continued. It was indeed her 15-year-old son (born from a previous relationship) who saved her life.
Alexander also allowed her to get her head out of the water and together they had eight children. Both dream of having a ninth. Amandine and her dear and tender were therefore in heaven when the young woman became pregnant again. But, another blow, she revealed last July that she had just had a miscarriage. The second in a year. “Hello everyone. We are indeed absent from Instagram because, unfortunately, I had to be admitted to the emergency room yesterday (Sunday) around noon. Due to a placental anomaly, I unfortunately had a miscarriage at 13 sec. We need a few days to find each other. The sun will shine again. However, all in good time. Thank you for your understanding and kindness“, she had written in particular. But the couple do not despair and hope to learn good news soon.