After the Santoro, Pellissard and other Bambara, a whole new family has just joined the cast of TF1’s flagship program “Large Families: Life in XXL”. This Wednesday, February 2, 2022, Louise and Kevin Orgeval presented their small tribe made up of Mano, Swann, Mia, Loucio, Oscar and Noée. During an interview for Télé-Loisirs, the matriarch confided in her children, she notably mentioned the adoption of the youngest. ” We had five biological children, who are aged 5 to 15, and we adopted Noée in 2020, who is a little girl with Down syndrome. She arrived in our family at the age of three months. »
By participating in the show, the couple therefore gives themselves a mission. Put an end to received ideas. ” We want to share our experience, our somewhat extraordinary life. It is important for us to show that life with a disability can be fun and fun. Because when we talk about our family and we say that the youngest is disabled, people often tell us: ‘Courage, it’s not easy’, ‘The poor’… But no, our life is great . We want to show this positive side of our life and disability. Louise also adds that the adoption was a real dream. ” I always knew deep down that I wanted to adopt. When I met Kevin, it was much less obvious for him. As a result, we had biological children, the course of life meant that we had five. But despite everything, this project has always remained in our head. There were hardships with our children that meant that we weren’t able to put it in place when we wanted to. But after Oscar was born, we asked for approval. We absolutely wanted to adopt a child with a disability, since we already had a well-composed family. »
Side judgment, the companion of Kevin evokes many a priori. ” We suffer more from prejudice. In people’s eyes, we don’t see much, but sometimes we hear sentences or read things that concern us. Prejudices about disability or large families affect me. People have preconceived ideas about what’s going on at home, about life and the social level we have “. A new family that risks changing minds.