Guest on the show Clique presented by Mouloud Achour on Canal+, Léon Marchand spoke about the disadvantages of his sudden fame and his complicated love life.
Already back in the pools, Léon Marchand gave an interview to Mouloud Achour in Clique between two training sessions, a show broadcast on October 2 and already available exclusively on myCANAL. Revelation of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games – where he won four gold medals – the 22-year-old from Toulouse saw his life turned upside down overnight. From now on, it is impossible for the French swimmer to walk in the street incognito. A situation not always easy for Léon Marchand, who spoke about the distrust he has towards people since his sudden fame.
Léon Marchand worried that people are taking advantage of him because of his sudden fame
For Léon Marchand, there was a before and after the 2024 Olympics. “My status has changed, I believe that Camille Lacourt said it but once you win, you become beautiful. It’s a sentence that really speaks to me because now, everyone comes to talk to me whereas two or three years ago, when I was in the tough, it wasn’t the same.”he confided to Mouloud Achour. “There are many people who come together, This is when you have to sort between the people I had before and the people who have just arrived”explained the swimmer before admitting: “It’s not easy because we don’t really know what the purpose is, for example, of my conversation with someone, we don’t know if it’s to get closer to me, to try to take advantage of his image or just to exchange and enjoy whatever.” A change of life which allowed him to sort out his relationships: “At first I thought I had lots of friends… No, I don’t have lots of friends, my friends can be counted on the fingers of one hand and they’ve always been the same ones, I know exactly who they are .”
Léon Marchand opens up about his love life “complicated”
Concerning love, Léon Marchand is not in the mood for that. “In the last two years, it’s complicated. I don’t have time for that. Even if it’s more adapted to the United States, my days are full. I don’t have time for leisure, I don’t have time for anything except on Sunday, we have a three-hour session, on Saturday afternoon we don’t do anything, we’re completely tired… It’s complicated. “he revealed the incompatibility between his career and his love life. “I don’t really have time for anyone. The time I give, I simply give it to my parents and my little brother.”concluded the Olympic champion. Let’s see if someone can change his mind…
Cliqueto be found in full on the application myCANAL.
