The 2024 celebrity baby boom includes several notable announcements, like Justin Bieber and Hailey welcoming their first child and Yannick Noah’s partner giving birth to a girl with an unusual name. Mathieu Ceschin details his journey to solo fatherhood through surrogacy and discusses his genetic condition, alongside emotional family dynamics regarding his son Ezio’s inheritance. In his book, he addresses criticism regarding his surrogacy path and his complicated coming-out experience with family reactions.
The celebrities’ baby news for 2024 keeps coming. Following the arrival of their first child, Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey Bieber are not alone in the spotlight. Recent announcements have revealed that Yannick Noah’s partner has given birth to a daughter with a unique name. Meanwhile, while it remains unclear whether host Marie Portolano has welcomed her third child, Vincent Cassel has disclosed that he is expecting to become a father soon. Amir also joined in the celebrations, publicly showing off Lital’s baby bump on the red carpet at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes on November 1, during the NRJ Music Awards 2024. Just a few weeks ago, before Cyril Féraud, Mathieu Ceschin announced the arrival of a baby boy named Ezio.
Social media-savvy Mathieu Ceschin, a former contestant from L’amour est dans le pré (Season 15), shared in great detail his journey towards becoming a single dad. Having divorced from his husband Alexandre, whom he met during his time on the show, in 2022, he opened up about the extensive and challenging administrative and medical processes involved in surrogacy. This experience spanned several months, taking place between France and Colombia. It was during this process that he revealed he suffers from a rare hereditary genetic condition passed down from his father, which he desperately wants to avoid transmitting to his son Ezio.
Mathieu Ceschin: The Family’s Black Sheep
Mathieu Ceschin: The Family’s Black Sheep
This week, Mathieu Ceschin shared his feelings about the relationships between fathers and sons in an interview with Télé Loisirs for the podcast Parents d’abord. He candidly discussed the loss of his father in 2021 and expressed his sorrow over the fact that Ezio is not included in his will, thereby being excluded from the family inheritance. He noted that despite his father having ‘succeeded professionally’, he ‘left nothing for Ezio who is on the way’, his ‘future child’. He admitted, ‘That hurt me very deeply’, highlighting that ‘it’s not about money’. He lamented, ‘Once again, I’m cast as the black sheep… My sister knows it has caused me pain. My mother found it outrageous’, indicating he, as well as his family, are visibly affected by this situation.
Mathieu did not hold back, suggesting that this absence serves as a reminder of his sidelined position within a family structure that feels alien to him. ‘I am the only son and I’ve always felt like the black sheep. My family is made up of women, and the black sheep produced a boy that my father wanted more than anything’, he reaffirmed, adding that while his father ‘loved his granddaughters’, he ‘dreamed of a grandson’. ‘It’s incredible that I am the one delivering that for him’, he concluded, still astonished.
Mathieu Ceschin’s Complicated Coming-Out Journey
Mathieu Ceschin’s Complicated Coming-Out Journey
In his recent book Mon combat pour être père, launched this fall, Mathieu Ceschin addresses the sensitive topic of inheritance and explains why he felt compelled to share his story with readers. ‘I wrote it so that my stepmother would know, to let her understand that I have suffered from this’, he stated plainly.
In this intimate narrative, Mathieu responds to the harsh criticisms he frequently faces on social media regarding his decision to pursue surrogacy. He also shares in-depth about his experiences with his sexuality and the challenges of coming out to his loved ones. His mother broke down in tears upon learning the news, taking several days ‘to recover’, while his father’s response was more measured. ‘He stared at me silently for several long minutes — the longest minutes of my life! — before saying that my sexuality doesn’t interest him, so there’s nothing to discuss’, he recounted in his book, revealing that at that moment, he finally felt he could be himself.