Fans of Dance with the stars
have been waiting for his return since 2020. It is finally three years after leaving the show that he finally returns. Indeed, this Thursday, January 25, 2024, TF1 formalized the return of one of the most emblematic members of the jury: Jean-Marc Généreux
. In addition to the Quebec artist, the indestructible Chris Marques will once again take his place, accompanied by Fauve Hautot, and a new addition, Mel Charlot. A choreographer who has collaborated with the biggest stars on the planet such as Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, and even Kanye West.
But viewers especially remember the return of Jean-Marc Généreux who knows how to “set the set on fire” and make candidates and fans of the program laugh. And yet, behind this joy of life and this good humor hides a long fight to care for her daughter. Indeed, Francesca, born in 1999, was born suffering from Rett syndrome. Fact, Jean-Marc Généreux has worked with his wife for over 20 years with organizations to raise funds for medical research. This with the aim of treating this neurological disease.
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Jean-Marc Généreux and his daily fight for his daughter
This disease develops in very young children and more particularly in girls as noted AFSR
. Mental disability and severe motor impairment, this disease makes the daily life of the patient and their loved ones very difficult. The French Rett syndrome association indicates that this syndrome presents several symptoms. Namely a loss of voluntary use of the hands between 6 and 30 months. As well as a loss or failure to acquire walking or robotic walking. Not to mention communication disorders, epileptic seizures or even orthopedic deformities.
“It’s a developmental neurological disease. She was born with it. It’s a disease that attacks all development. To put it simply, she walked, she no longer walks, she spoke, she no longer speaks. She walked until she was about four years old“, found Jean-Marc Généreux in the columns of Gala about his daughter’s illness in December 2022. Subsequently, the new member of the Dancing with the Stars jury indicated that the last word spoken by his daughter was “dad”. “And it died out around the age of two and a half. From that moment on, she regressed. She has the abilities of a nine-month-old child, or even a little younger…”he concluded.
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