Marie-Laure Delorme
11/21/2024 at 07:29Updated on 11/21/2024 at 08:26
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In an exclusive interview with Paris Match, France's most famous sailor looks back on his secret history with the sailor. His sudden death in 2015 plunged the Admiral into abysmal grief.
The Admiral speaks. On the front page of Paris Match this week, Olivier de Kersauson speaks at length on the occasion of the release of his book, Before the memory fades. Some maritime remarks (ed. Le Cherche-Midi). The 80-year-old sailor returns, among other things, to his love story with Florence Arthaud, a well-kept secret. “She was a little reserved, she didn't like me right away,” he reveals. He was 34, she was 21.
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The member of Grosses Têtes also spoke about the film Flodedicated to the navigator who died in 2015 and released in theaters in 2023. “The film about Florence Arthaud is a lie, a sordid invention, an imposture. Nothing is true about it. He is odiously dishonest. The team came to see me to talk to me about the film. I did not attack them, so as not to give them publicity. Destiny will take care of cleaning everything up,” explains Olivier de Kersauson.
“A secular saint”
“Florence was excessive, but above all she was courageous, intelligent, generous,” he continues. She forgave everything and everyone. A secular saint, a barefoot countess. The people who made the film claim to know her, but they don't know her at all. Do not confuse close friends with bad company. » Before concluding: “Vanity and lies prosper like never before, today, in politics and in society. »
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