This is a first in the history of “Love is in the meadow”. Flavie, the suitor of the farmer Valentin, learned that she was suffering from cancer while the show was still being filmed, in the spring. Flavie, aged 21, had undergone surgery for a supposedly benign cyst on her right shoulder in February, shortly before filming. After meeting Valentin the farmer barely a week ago, the news broke: it was actually a sarcoma that needed to be treated with chemotherapy.
“I collapsed”
« I collapsedFlavie tells Parisian this Tuesday. I told Valentin that I had been diagnosed with cancer and that I would understand if he was afraid of the situation. We had only been together for a week. » Neither the 26-year-old farmer nor the M6 production let the young woman down. “ I didn't ask myself the question of leaving or stayingexplains the candidate. We always have tough times in life, we have to get over them. Flavie was strong. »
M6 modifies the filming dates, in particular the part where Valentin meets Flavie's family. They are offered an appointment with a psychologist, even if they have not used one. Two days after the end of preparation for the show, the candidate began five months of chemotherapy and today does not feel “not too sick », even if she is still waiting for results. “ I was in the fight, there is no choice. In this situation, you listen to what the doctors tell you and you go for it. Valentin was there the first day, he came to my room and saw me throwing up. But after that it was better », she tells Parisian.
