On the occasion of his new show Life, love, etc. at the Bobino theater from January 13 to March 10, 2025, Michel Fugain was the guest ofWe're doing TV again on RTL this Saturday, November 9, 2024. The singer did not expect that journalist Éric Dussart would ask him a question about Laurette, his daughter who died of complications linked to her bone marrow transplant in May 2002, a year after learning that she was suffering from leukemia. To advance research and help victims of the disease, her mother Stéphanie Fugain then founded the Laurette Fugain association.
Michel Fugain overwhelmed by emotion on RTL
During the interview, the RTL host asked Michel Fugain if he continued to sing “for Laurette“. “For… Laurette? Oh, sweetie…“, said the artist, very touched. “She's part of a whole, I sing tears and smiles“, he added. While Éric Dussart continued to talk about the death of his daughter, the interpreter of Live life was very emotional and ended up asking to change the subject, not having the strength to address this drama: “Yes… (he breathes), because… She was 22 years old. All right ? And a desire is to live. And it's… We… We move on?“.
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