He has been a key figure in France Télévisions for more than three decades now. On the private side, Nelson Monfort is also very happy. He will soon be a grandfather, his daughter Victoria is pregnant with her first baby! But all is not so rosy for the famous 68-year-old animator. Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at the microphone of Jordan de Luxe in The moment of luxury, he indulges in these dramas which upset him.
“It’s very rare that I talk about this! Very very rare“, spear Nelson Monfort, confessing a certain “melancholy“ that he struggles to hide. “I matured from 15 years old, he recalls. I lost both of my parents at a very young age and I am an only child.“Being the only child at home was not easy for him. So Nelson Monfort explains that this melancholy might be”due to the fact of not having had a brother or sister“.”I missed it and still miss it today, he admits. I have no more hook, nothing. It was all very difficult. I have a slight sadness.“Despite everything, the sports journalist keeps morale up:”I try not to sink too much when things go wrong … and I think I can.“
Nelson Monfort supported by his wife Dominique, “a lioness”
This strength which allows him not to sink, he draws from his family, this family he built himself. With his wife Dominique, he has two daughters: Isaure (37 years old) and Victoria (34 years old). “My wife is very pretty, I’m in love like the first day, says Nelson Monfort. She was there from the very beginning, including when I knocked on the doors of newsrooms that did not open! It is a fairly unique love because it is very rare in the audiovisual sector! To love, I must respect. When I am attacked, she reacts much more strongly than me ! It could be a lioness! To defend myself! She has extraordinary courage!“
Dominique has been there in the journalist’s difficult times, like this “very difficult passage a few years ago“where he had to face”derogatory comments“, from “unintentional blunders exploited by everyone“or”average interviews“. No doubt she also knows how to be comforting when Nelson Monfort weakens in the private setting.