On January 13, 2025, Christophe Licata was back but not on the floor of Dancing with the stars. The charming brunette spoke through a book called Revelation(s), 13 seasons and beyond? (published by Leduc). The opportunity to discover that during the twelfth season of DALS, he had to face the illness of his wife Coralie.
In 2022, Christophe Licata is preparing to experience a new season of Dancing with the stars. That year, he would share the adventure with content creator Léa Elui. But a few days before the launch, it’s a cold shower. He learns that his uncle, to whom he is very close, has cancer. “Our relationship is special, like that between a father and his son. (…) I am devastated“, he writes in his work. He was therefore not in the best mood to begin this edition. And he did not know it yet, but a new tragedy would strike him shortly after. was about to do rehearsals with his partner, his wife called him, telling him that she had to talk to him.The voice was different, I have a feeling something is wrong. But the training with Léa takes up my time.”we can read.
Christophe Licata facing his wife’s illness
-It was only in the evening that Coralie called him again and this time she told him the bad news. “I had tests and they discovered a tumor behind my eye“, she tells him. Christophe Licata’s heart stopped after this announcement. “I collapse, unable to move, to think. (…) I am completely helpless, stuck here in Paris, while my wife needs me in the South. (…) Impotence consumes me; (…) All this is too heavy to bear. My sick uncle, my wife who has to face this tumor. (…) I’m hitting rock bottom and I’m assailed with dark thoughts“, he testifies.
Despite everything, Christophe Licata tried to pull himself together as best he could. After the elimination of Léa Elui in the quarter-finals, he was able to return to his family. Despite his “depressive state“, he continues to dance as part of a tour, his “only escape“. “Ultimately, biopsy will not be necessary, but radiotherapy becomes inevitable. Our plans to have a second child are now on hold. (…) Radiotherapy works and the tumor stabilizes“, he concludes. Since then, the professional dancer has given various interviews. And during the one for Ici Paris published on Wednesday January 22, he made it known that he and Coralie were once again considering expanding their family. “We would very much like to give Livio a little brother or sister, but there is a risk that a possible pregnancy will awaken the tumor. It’s a risk worth taking. Coralie and I discuss it and I think we are ready to take this risk…“, he clarified.
