Karine Le Marchand is a discreet woman when it comes to her private life. But sometimes the presenter of Love is in the meadow allowed to make exceptions. As during the rare times when she spoke of the father of her sublime daughter Alya (19 years old) during certain interviews.
The emblematic figure of the PAF, who is 54 years old, saw her life change nineteen years ago. At the time, Karine Le Marchand became the mother of a little girl. “An ultra desired child“as she had confided to our colleagues from Gala. “I had problems getting pregnant, I had surgery“, she had specified. Rare are the times when she revealed the photos of her wonder in order to preserve it. She also did not wish to expose the dad, his public thus does not know his identity. He still discovered some information about him through interviews.
“My daughter’s father is Jewish-Hungarian. My father comes from Burundi. We really wanted a name for our daughter that evoked our two origins. Something that was not easy! And we found Alya. Alya which means in Swahili (therefore for my father’s origins) ‘the most fervent’, and in Hebrew ‘the ascent towards God which passes through the return to the promised land‘”, she said in 2020 to magicmom. The couple broke up shortly after Alya was born. And near TV Cable Satshe had hinted that the media coverage had something to do with it: “One evening, at the restaurant, I am with my companion and the waiter welcomes us with a ‘Bonjour Monsieur et Madame Le Marchand.’ As it was not his name, he took my hand and said: ‘Listen to me carefully, I will never be Monsieur Le Marchand.’ This contributed to our separation.“
Kindergartens, a show she presented from 2004 to 2009, also played a role in their breakup. Information that she revealed during an interview for The Parisian given for the 20th anniversary of the France Télévisions program: “I separated from my daughter’s father because of – or thanks to – the KindergartensI learned to become a mother thanks to Kindergartens.“Karine Le Marchand has therefore played the role of both parents for Alya since their separation which “was not of [son] do“as she recently confided to Gala.”What is certain is that I was extremely happy to raise my daughter alone. This fusion, even if I didn’t want it, I loved it“, she told. And to clarify that the father lives abroad.