In tears, in A Sunday in the countrysideChristophe Dechavanne
revealed on February 18 that he had “mourned” his son Paul-Henri, with whom he broke off all contact for more than ten years. While he evoked this quarrel in a few lines in his work
Without transition
currently in bookstores, the presenter and permanent guest of What era on France 2 spoke in more detail about the broken ties that have kept him away from his son for more than ten years now. If he admits feeling today for the latter as much “hate” than’“love”Christophe Dechavanne however regrets not having any further news from him since the marriage of his eldest daughter in 2015.
“I was a good father, I think.” began Christophe Dechavanne, before quickly splitting the armor: “I made do with what I was given, as I separated from the mothers each time, but I probably screwed up, yes. I neglected the big one a little (Pauline, editor’s note) because I took a lot of care of the little one (Ninon, editor’s note). For my son, it’s more complicated“ explained the former star face of TF1. With his eyes clouded with tears, the host had great difficulty evoking the memory of his son, and the mourning he was forced to mourn, after years of silence and absence: “It’s very difficult to talk about it. I can’t say that I don’t have three children, because I have three, who I love just as much, but there is one I was forced to mourn. He is not dead. He is alive, but he is no longer here. Neither for me, nor for his sisters, which is very hard to live with and very unexpected” he declared…
“It’s going to be too late after that…”
It was in 2013 that the ties between Christophe Dechavanne and his son Paul-Henri became (definitely?) angry: “I saw him for five minutes in 2015 at my family’s wedding, and otherwise, I never saw him again.”However, the host does not close the door to a possible reconciliation, however reminding his son that it was in his interest to “(get) a little nervous… because it will be too late afterwards”. Christophe Dechavanne’s three children all come from three different unions: his eldest, Pauline, 37, is the daughter of producer Marie Genest; Paul-Henri, the youngest, 34 years old, is the fruit of a relationship with Isabelle, and his youngest, Ninon, was the fruit of his love with the actress Manon Saïdani.