This Friday, January 3, 2025, Faustine Bollaert received three new guests in The Secret Box on France 3, including Théo Curin, the new presenter of Slam. He saw images that were particularly symbolic for him.
He is one of the faces of the end of summer. Théo Curin, a 24-year-old disabled swimmer, has been talked about a lot in recent months by having a pride of place during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. He also took over from Cyril Féraud in Slam at the start of the school year, and therefore took his first steps as an animator. This Friday, January 3, he was alongside Michel Fugain and Lara Fabian to open The secret boxproposed on France 3 by Faustine Bollaert.
Théo Curin opens up in The secret box : “Very early on I had this desire to find solutions”
“This evening, we will discover happy and unforgettable memories of our guests, moving surprises have been prepared with the complicity of their loved ones”introduced Faustine Bollaert. “I came across Theo who was super stressed, surprises are really not for you”the host had fun, addressing the disabled swimmer. After the emotional sequences dedicated to Michel Fugain and Lara Fabian, who had the joy of seeing Vitaa perform her title Immortal, It is Théo Curin who was immersed in unforgettable memories. In the box in front of him was a figurine of the superhero Spider-man. “We could no longer put the hospital admission bracelets on me so we put it on my comfort blanket, he accompanied me to the operating room every time”the host of Slamwho contracted meningitis at the age of 6. “To save my life, I had to amputate all four of my limbs and very early on I had this desire to find solutions, to adapt”confided the 24-year-old young man.
The secret box : Faustine Bollaert reveals the images where Théo Curin walks for the first time after his amputation at the age of 7
“There were some images that really brought tears to my eyes and I felt like I had met who you were in front of those images. It’s a year after your amputation, you walk for the first time. Look at Théo’s smile at the end, there we understand the athlete, the man, we understand a lot of things”announced Faustine Bollaert. The video deeply touched Lara Fabian, as did a large part of the public, who could not stop their tears from flowing in front of the courage of little Théo, barely 7 years old at the time. “It’s as if I was born there, I really have no memory of my previous life with my arms and my legs”reacted the host. “This moment is strong, it’s quite exceptional and I discover a significant strength in myself”he concluded, before returning to his beginnings in swimming despite his phobia of water.
