Christophe Licata from “Dancing with the Stars” talks about his very tough year 2022

TELEVISION – Emotional sequence in It starts todayFaustine Bollaert’s show on France 2. This Friday, January 24, the host received Christophe Licata, one of the star dancers of Dancing with the stars. He spoke in particular about the dark period he experienced during season 12 (in 2022) of the TF1 musical show, during which he notably learned of the death of his grandmother, cancer of his uncle and an eye tumor detected in his wife.

“Me, my grandmother, I lived a street from her, she was more than a grandmother. I miss her very much. Even today his absence… it tugs at my insides”confides Christophe Licata (listen to the video below), before adding: “I have a special relationship with her and this song (“Le sens de la famille” by Grand Corps Malade, Editor’s note) said everything I can feel for them. When I do “Dancing with the Stars,” I’m away from my family and I have a really close relationship with my family, and that’s heartbreaking for me.”.

“I wanted to throw myself out of the window”

It’s even harder for him because he has to keep smiling all the time when he dances, whereas“inside [lui] »he was « mort ». “I was broken, really”he blurted.

« I realized I was depressed when I started having dark thoughts. When I said to myself: “Actually, Christophe, you’re not doing well””also shares the dancer from La Ciotat, who participates in Dancing with the stars since the first season in 2011. He also explains having had suicidal thoughts in 2022: “I wanted to throw myself out of the window. I was in pain. And that’s when I said to myself: “no, you’re not well, we have to do something””. He finally sees a psychologist in particular, Martine, a decisive encounter. “It saved me”he said.

About ten days ago, Christophe Licata released a book, Revelation(s)in which he looks back on his 13 seasons spent on the set of VALLEY. He also gives his version of the facts on the argument between Natasha St-Pier and her partner during season 13, Inès Reg, which caused a lot of ink to flow.

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