“We are here to talk about destiny, because we can say that it has affected you doubly. » A unique event, an exceptional device also for Karine Le Marchand. In episode 13 of “Love is in the meadow”, broadcast this Monday, November 11 on M 6, the presenter welcomed Valentin, the cow breeder based in the Manche, and Flavie, the suitor, into her Parisian office. who set his heart on fire. Without detour, she immediately mentioned the reason why the lovers took the journey to confide in each other: the news of the cancer from which Flavie was suffering.
Operated on a supposedly benign tumor in her shoulder, the young woman learned just after her stay on the farm that it was malignant. “The tears flowed because I was far from imagining it. I found happiness a week before and I was told that. Damn, it has to happen to me,” she breathes, facing the camera, before evoking the first phase of her chemotherapy, the sweater sleeve cut like a sleeve that we discover on her arm “to hide the catheter” and how she announced the diagnosis to her new darling. “I took it normally. I told him: Either way, I'll support you », adds Valentin.
“Know that we support you. It’s a test, it will build you up”
“When we found out, health is essential, and we said to ourselves, we stop filming you. But Flavie, this adventure carries you forward,” notes the presenter. Flavie, who wanted to bring forward the meeting of the farmer with his family before his treatment, acquiesces. “Yes, it escapes me.”
Listening like a psychologist, Karine Le Marchand asks for news – reassuring for the young woman – and seeks to know how the modest 26-year-old boy experienced this twist of fate. “I shed a few tears, but all alone. It’s a weakness,” he admits. “Strong men cry, we have the right to say that it’s hard (…)reassures the host. It also stirs up fears you had with your dad (died in a car accident when Valentin was 19) and it's okay to be afraid. »
How does he feel about taking charge? “I want to have the shoulders to do it, but sometimes it’s hard because we accumulate everything, too many responsibilities,” he replies. And Karine Le Marchand advises her to talk about it to the psychologist who accompanies the participants in the rural meetings, while insisting while looking at Flavie: “Know that we support you. It’s a test, it will build you up. Like in fairy tales, you always have to defeat dragons before living a love story. You are one of the star couples of this season and you have your life ahead of you.”
No tears here, but desired transparency and emotions. Just like the moment when Valentin met his girlfriend's family, who adopted him amidst laughter and frank exchanges.
Christophe forced to separate from Guillaume
On the other hand, other protagonists of this season have taken out the tissues. Starting with the sensitive Christophe, forced to separate from Guillaume, a Parisian student for whom the winemaker had a crush, in order to avoid a falling out with his children who were reluctant at the idea of their father living with a 25-year-old boy.
A cold shower also for Renaud during the presentations to the friends of his dear Anne who preached caution, while the nurse intended to settle very quickly with the breeder in Mayenne. But everything worked out. And if Clémence's relatives dubbed Bruno, if the escapade to Barcelona of Brice, the Charentais salt worker, to find Marion and her friends was a success, it took a little time – and some nice declarations – for Nadia to make Mickaël, the Breton breeder visiting her house in Montpellier, lower his guard.
