For twelve years, Hélène Ségara has lived with a serious and incurable illness which is gradually rendering her blind. His treatment, based on cortisone, often provoked reactions and attacks on his physique. She looks back on this complicated period.
You love her, You’re going to leave me, Love is the sun… Hélène Ségara’s titles have been numerous since she made herself known singing with Andrea Bocelli in 1996. Not to mention the success she enjoyed in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris. Now, even if she continues to sing, it’s mainly in the show France has incredible talent – she joined the jury 10 years ago – that she is getting noticed. His appearances on M6 are often noticed because of his physique. Indeed, due to his health problems, his physique has changed, which continues to be of concern today.
Hélène Ségara targets criticism because of her weight gain: “I was vulnerable”
In 2013, Hélène Ségara publicly confessed to having an incurable eye disease which, little by little, caused her to lose her sight. After 17 interventions which were not a success, she made up her mind. Thus, to slow the spread of the disease, the singer follows a treatment based on cortisone, which has consequences on her physique. In 2020, she confided “to have gained weight” : “I didn’t like myself, I ran out of steam quickly, I lacked energy and tone“. Since then, Hélène Ségara has found a balance and lost weight. However, she has long been the target of criticism and remarks. In the columns of Galaon newsstands this Thursday, January 2, she explains: “We often displease, in spite of ourselves. And we must accept that we are not unanimous. Social networks have made violent words uninhibited (…) Me, when I was attacked on my physique, while I was on cortisone, I had no power over it”. And to add: “I was vulnerable”.
She no longer dared to leave her house to “face the gaze of others“
Faced with criticism from Internet users and viewers, Hélène Ségara preferred to hide. “For three months, I stayed at home so as not to face the gaze of others“, she admits, “The one I put on myself was hard enough“Eventually, some ended up going back on their words, which had important consequences.”People apologized to me and it made me feel really good“, clarified the one who, over time, made her hypersensitivity a quality.
