“Intensive care and all that”, his dramatic confidences about his state of health

Since his thunderous debut with works like 99 francs et Love lasts three yearsFrédéric Beigbeder has established himself as a keen observer, but beyond his talent as a writer, he is also known for his taste for provocation, his nights of excess and his media-publicized lifestyle. A lifestyle which is undoubtedly at the origin of the complaint to which he was the subject in July 2023 for rape. Indeed, filed at the Pau police station, a young woman then claimed to have been raped after a consensual sexual encounter on the night of July 18 to 19, 2023.

Almost a year after this famous complaint, on July 26, the Pau public prosecutor’s office finally decided to close the case without further action. “in the absence of serious or consistent evidence” indicating that the offense appearst “insufficiently characterized”. Despite his release, the 58-year-old writer went through a very complicated period, particularly because of the media coverage of this affair and the impact it had on his career, but not only that. In the columns of Sunday Newspaperthis Sunday January 12, 2025, Frédéric Beigbeder revealed that he had experienced major health problems a few weeks ago.

A shock announcement on a significant episode

During this interview, Frédéric Beigbeder said he had to face serious health problems last December, he suffered a heart attack, an event which led him to emergency hospitalization and a stay in care. intensive. An episode that he describes today as an “alarm signal” with our colleagues even though he has always lived a life of excess, accustomed to an epicurean lifestyle. “I had a heart attack three weeks ago, intensive care and all that…” he reveals against all expectations before adding about the doctors’ recommendations: “The cardiologists told me to stop eating red meat and watch my diet. But I don’t last long…”

A year after his custody in December 2023, the director confessed that this episode had acted like an electric shock. Ready to change his way of life, it was after heavy introspection that he finally wrote his last book, a work that he describes as one of the most intimate called A man alone and published on January 8. A profound book in which he explores many facets of his life, notably the relationship with his father who died in September 2023 and his romantic relationships.

Lessons learned from this incident?

This incident forced Frédéric Beigbeder to review his habits and life choices. He admitted to having adopted a calmer pace, far from the worldliness and excesses that characterized his daily life. If he had already stopped his cocaine use in 2022, it was in 2024 that he finally decided to give up alcohol: “It started with Dry January and lasted all year. There have been a few relapses, but overall, I don’t drink anymore,” he revealed. But despite these good resolutions, he still admitted with irony to having resorted to “legal drugs”its heart, diabetes and cholesterol medications.

If the writer’s health concerns are a constant reminder of the dangers of overindulging in good things, he admits to not being able to control himself at certain times: “I’m ashamed, but it’s so good” he confesses.

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