The Star Academy signed its big comeback on October 15 on TF1. If the Saturday bonus generated thousands of reactions on social networks, the daily broadcasts on TF1 are a real audience success. While this comeback awakens good memories for millions of French people, some former students are disappointed to see the show return to the air.
This is particularly the case of Jill Vandermeulen, a former candidate now 34 years old. The young woman who became an influencer and known as Silent Jill confided in Jeremstar in a new episode of “Baby Story”. The opportunity for her to reveal her daily life as a mother, she who is currently pregnant with her fourth baby.
Jill explains with hindsight that the production did everything to give a very precise image of her: “I was imposed a style of dress that absolutely did not suit me. On the bonuses, I was always put on very short skirts… I once asked, ‘Can I have some nice pants or another look?’ I was told, ‘No, no, because the production wants us to see your legs.’ I was 17, but I already had to sexualize myself a little, I was a bit of a bimbo of the thing […] I had to show my body” she remembers.
Harassed on leaving the castle, the young woman then tried to end her life: “I went through very violent psychological stages, with a suicide attempt, because I was just at the end of my tether. I really lost my footing at that point. I told myself that my potential future career was ruined […], I no longer knew how to get my head above water so I swallowed two tablets of anxiolytics. It was my mother who found me unconscious at my ex-boyfriend’s house. And I was rushed to the emergency room the next morning”. Following this desperate attempt, Jill Vandermeulen was confined to a psychiatric hospital for nearly two months for nervous breakdown.
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