Famous investigative journalist, Elise Lucet stands out at the head of Special Envoy or Cash Investigation. Very professional, the 60 year old woman rarely confides in his private life. On Wednesday May 1, 2024, however, she gave an interview to David Castello-Lopes in Konbini’s Small Talk.
Faced with the journalist, Rose’s mother returned to her childhood in the countryside, but also her rebellious adolescence and the meeting with his first love. Rare confidences from the one who very rarely mentions his love life.
Elise Lucet talks about her first love with “real hair”
While she was still in high school, Elise Lucet was a teenager who didn’t want to be the norm. And if she had decided to no longer attend certain boring classes, the future journalist had also experienced his first love story. “My fiancé, who was one of my best friends in the beginning, was a punk and changed his hair color almost every day.” she recalled.
This boy “not like the others” had quickly made Elise Lucet’s heart capsize, notably thanks to her hair follies. “He had real hair. Sometimes he had blue, white, black, red hair… and that’s it.” she explained with humor. After two years together, the couple finally decided to separate. In fact, the young woman had decided to leave France for Canada. She explained about this: “Once again I traced my path”.
The journalist confides about her daughter Rose
Following her separation from her first love, Elise Lucet has no longer heard from him. If she now imagines him living in Normandy, she has since moved on. After several years with Jean-Marie Cavada, she met the antique dealer Martin Bourgeois. The journalist married him in 2006 before giving birth to their daughter, Rose, a year later. Unfortunately, her husband died of leukemia in 2011, at the age of 42.
Since the death of Martin Bourgeois, Elise Lucet has been raising her daughter alone. The latter, now 17 years old, even gives him fashion advice. “My daughter yells at me. Recently, she told me: ‘Stop wearing tight jeans down there, that’s no longer possible!’ But then I listened to it” she confided to David Castello-Lopes. A very close relationship.
