Every day, Faustine Bollaert finds her audience on France 2 thanks to the show “It starts today.” In this program, the famous host receives guests who are sometimes famous but most often anonymous to address different societal subjects, all with poignant testimonies. A program that is a hit on a daily basis and which has succeeded in making the caring Faustine Bollaert the favorite TV personality of the French.
This Tuesday, February 27, 2024, the host was back in charge of her show, with the following theme: “Overweight, obesity: growing up with extra pounds.” For the occasion, a teenager named Sarah was present on the set alongside her mother, to testify. The young girl then explained how difficult her mother’s gaze had become to bear.
Faustine Bollaert faced with a moving testimony
“In fact, I weigh in every Sunday and every Saturday evening, I stress because I’m afraid my mother will be disappointed. I’m afraid I won’t see a smile” said the teenager. And to continue: “When the weigh-in is negative, there are even times when I lied and said that there was no weigh-in or that I forgot to do it, all so that she wouldn’t know that I I had gained weight. When it’s negative, I don’t want to tell her so that she doesn’t feel well“.
A rather sad testimony which generated strong reactions from viewers on social networks. “But who introduced this weighing every Sunday?! It’s serious to put a child through this!”, “The mother doesn’t feel guilty at all… A weigh-in every Sunday… no, but without kidding…”, “In any case the little one seems more confident with Faustine than with her mother for whom she is rubbish and doesn’t make any effort basically”, for example, several of them commented. As always on the show, a psychologist took the stage to give specific advice on how to handle this complicated situation. Add to this the legendary benevolence of Faustine Bollaert and the teenager finally managed to make herself heard.
In any case the little one seems more confident with Faustine than with her mother for whom she is useless and basically makes no effort. #cca
— Perrine (@Perrrine5) February 27, 2024
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