He was one of the most popular presenters of the PAF with his adventures around the world, he became one of the figures of ecology in France, landing the post of minister, Nicolas Hulot was one of the favorite French personalities. Accused in 2018 in an investigation by Ebdo for acts of rape dating back to 1997, the former politician saw his notoriety gradually deteriorate, until the broadcast, on November 25, 2021 on France 2, of a number ofCorrespondent devoted to his person and to new charges of sexual assault.
The star ofUshuaia In spite of having tried once again to set up a crisis communication strategy by speaking the day before on BFMTV, the icon is seriously chipped, the Paris prosecutor’s office having decided to open an investigation. The facts are prescribed and he is presumed innocent, but his image is definitely no longer that of a seducer. To face this ordeal, he decided to retire from public life to devote himself to his family and friends. A new chapter is part of an existence marked by cathodic glory, passion for the environment but also by a complicated youth, during which he faced the death of his father, then his brother.
His father, Philippe Hulot, has an atypical profile, between gold digger and designer of gardens. Her mother is Monique Moulun, a former stay-at-home mother who has become responsible for nursing homes. Together they will have three children, Gonzague, Béatrice and Nicolas Hulot. The latter was 15 when his father, separated from their mother, died of cancer. After this drama, will follow the tragic disappearance of his brother in 1974.
In an article by The Express published in 2006, we learn that the former host and minister is 19 years old “when he stumbles on his brother’s body, committed suicide on New Years Eve“. With his sister, Nicolas Hulot went down to the cellar to look for chairs, it is then that he discovers their elder, lifeless,”rolled up in a carpet next to the old electric train“. The family thought that Gonzague had left for a world tour, but he was hiding a deep unhappiness, between unspoken and resentment.”Nicolas and Béatrice Hulot will silence his death, offer a woman damaged by life a few moments of respite: with the help of an uncle, they postpone the drama until the next day. Champagne, turkey, log, ‘this foul Christmas night’, Nicolas Hulot wrote in Crossroads (Lattès), keep appearances“, writes the weekly.”Life is not worth living“, their brother wrote. A sentence which will haunt Nicolas Hulot and which would explain his taste for adventure and incredible destinations, as a way of remembering that life has its treasures in spite of everything.