On April 7, Charlotte Valandrey will publish a new book titled Reconcile with yourself (Robert Laffont editions) and, on this occasion, she agreed to engage with Gala. The 53-year-old actress reveals that she has rediscovered the joys of love, she who fell in love … with a married man. A romance ended but which had beneficial effects on her.
In her book, Charlotte Valandrey evokes her love story with a married man who loves alcohol a little too much. Despite the warning signs, her quest for love has thrown her into his arms…”My intuition told me not to give in, but I wanted to go after something. When it ended, it was very hard and woke up in me a feeling of abandonment, but it re-anchored me in my femininity.“, she said to Gala. And the former star of the cult series Les Cordiers, judge and cop to specify however to have kept the best of this experience: “It had been a long time since I had slept with a man, I had forgotten that it could be pleasant.“
Charlotte Valandrey, who is now single, explains that her love life has long been complicated because of the fear she has about the gaze of men on her. “On my body yes, even if it improves. When the head is better, the rest follows, but there was a moment when I couldn’t stand it. Another where I thanked him for carrying me. However, this body has changed so much… Sometimes it’s hard“, assures the one who must continue to take a heavy treatment for life that she does not “bear more” against HIV. Physically, the ex-actress of the soap opera tomorrow belongs to us changed with time and the effects of medications.
The actress, mother of Tara (born in 2000 from her past marriage to Arthur Lecaisne), today seems to be a peaceful woman and well in her life. “In my life, there have been two periods: the first until I was 18, the second when I learned of my HIV status, when I had just received a silver bear in Berlin. There I will enter a third period“, she says.
Full interview to read in Galaon newsstands March 31, 2022.