Guest of Sud Radio Médias, this Tuesday, November 12, 2024, Cécile, the daughter of Bernard Pivot, returned to the funeral of the famous host ofApostrophespointing out the absence of literary figures…
Very noticeable absences… Cécile, the daughter of Bernard Pivot was the guest of Sud Radio Médias, this Tuesday, November 12, 2024, on the occasion of the release of the book The Taste of Others retracing the life of her father, which she co-signed with her sister Agnès. At the microphone of Valérie Expert and Gilles Ganzmann, she takes a look behind the scenes of flagship shows like Apostrophes et Culture brothbut also on the way in which the publishing world could have been brutal with the host, for example by ceasing to send him books, when he ended his column in Sunday Newspapera few years ago.
Bernard Pivot's daughter confides in the absence of the world of literature at her father's funeral
Questioned by Valérie Expert, Cécile Pivot also recognized that few people from the world of publishing and literature made the trip to attend his father's funeral, which was held on May 14. “With my sister, we had put in the death announcement that a tribute would be paid to her, so we're going to say that that's why they didn't come to Quincié-en-Beaujolais, so we're going to excuse them. But it's not very serious, my father had a funeral in his image. There were a lot of people there though and there were people from Beaujolais, and personalities from all walks of life that he loved. And then, he wasn't fooled at all…“, she explained, also wishing to correct some erroneous information, implying that Bernard Pivot had organized his funeral himself down to the smallest detail: “He hadn't planned everything, but two or three things, he wanted Rachmaninov music and a prayer, which my companion read at the cemetery, the rest we were free to do what we wanted and we did it at his discretion. picture I think“, she assured.
Bernard Pivot's daughter talks about this actress who greatly troubled her father
Invited a few days ago in C to youon France 5, Cécile Pivot revealed that her father had been particularly disturbed during his meeting with the American actress and activist Jane Fonda. “He was unprofessional. He was really under Jane Fonda's spell. There is a photo of her in the book where he says that he came close… it was a professional mistake (…) Of course, he found her very beautiful, but what most charmed was his American accent“, she revealed.
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