“I don’t know where it was but how I’m quite brotherlyhe started in front of the cameras of Konbini. Philippe was perhaps mistaken, perhaps there was a time difference, I don’t know. We were still live and Philippe arrives 10 minutes late. Finally live in front of millions of viewers.“Far from him the idea of pushing his fellow traveler, Nelson Monfort made up for it so as not to ruin the reputation of Philippe Candeloro by pretending that he was busy for professional reasons:”There frankly, very fraternal, ‘Philippe, you were just in the locker room to get the latest information. What are they ?’ It’s still nice”.
Philippe Candeloro did not contradict him and even mentioned another situation of the kind. No live this time but a missed appointment for the best of reasons: “I remember in Turin, my wife was pregnant with my third daughter. I left with the car at the airport, Nelson was unaware and he was waiting for me to take him to the rink, to the curling report or to speed skating.” Sensing the delay coming, Nelson Monfort contacted Philippe Candeloro: “But where are you ? I have to go there!’ I told him that I was going back to Paris for 24-48 hours to go see Olivia [son épouse, ndlr] and that had pissed him off a bit.“Nelson Monfort nevertheless clarified that if he was annoyed at the moment, he completely understood the situation:”Some news is more important than others“. Family first !