“It was difficult to be her daughter”: Hélène de Fougerolles (Sam) evokes her complicated relationships with her mother

Hélène de Fougerolles is on TF1 with the series Sam where she camps the main role. Her character is that of a free woman who only responds to her instinct. A character trait that resembles that of her mother as she entrusted to TV : “What brings them together is that my mother did not need to add them to please, she liked and was free. It was difficult to be her daughter, but she didn’t care what we thought of her. However, my mother was in life while Sam has more moods. It arises much more questions. “

Hélène de Fougerolles is the daughter of Anne Redon-Saumay de Laval, press secretary in the nautical world. Hélène is 3 years old when her parents divorce. “”Mom has always started all over again with my sister and me under my arm“, she confided to Paris Match. And then, his mom sometimes left them. “”When she had to go free, she left us with my grandmother, in Vannes“Explains the actress. This free mother also had a seductive side. “She was a mother who was a woman above all. She was not a mother. She was a woman who was more a very attractive woman”she had explained to 50′ Inside.

Hélène de Fougerolles: her daughter Shana, suffering from autism

Frank words from the actress who built a very different relationship with her daughter Shana, born from her love spent for producer Eric Hubert in 2003. A young woman over 20 years old today and who still needs her mother. Waiting for autism, Shanna was at the heart of a book written in 2021 by the actress, Don’t worry mom, it’s going to go (Fayard editions). When she was released, Hélène de Fougerolles had mentioned in Seven to eight How she faced this. “”15 years ago, there is no possible diagnosis. Either a child is mental handicapped, or he is fine, but there are no between two“, she said. The term”mental handicapped“, Hélène de Fougerolles – who was in a relationship with two famous businessmen – does not accept it and explains:”There are certain words that do not yet pass today because my daughter is not mentally handicapped for me or mental deficient. It is different, it is special and it is true that it is something that I cannot take. I find it reductive to say ‘mental handicapped’. We are not talking about the Magnificent emotional intelligence, empathy, kindness, the heart of these people. “A strong message.