Love is a subject they know like the back of their hand. In love since 2007, Teddy Riner and Luthna Plocus will play luxury matchmakers. According to information from Le Parisien, it was to the couple that Netflix offered to host a cult reality TV show: Love is
Blind. In this show, the participants get to know each other at length in capsules, without ever being able to see each other.
Over the course of the meetings, they can get to know the person without dwelling on their appearance. The ultimate goal of Love is Blind? That couples agree to get married before they can even see each other. And only then will they be able to discover the appearance of their love at first sight. It is therefore the multi-medalist judoka and the mother of his two children who should host this French adaptation on the platform.
Teddy Riner and Luthna Plocus: where did they meet?
Still according to information from Le Parisien, the show should land on Netflix in 2025. Filming is currently underway in Sweden and Morocco. What if the presence of the Olympic champion may surpriseit is a logical sequence. Our colleagues recall that Teddy Riner hosted La Course des champions with Olivier Minne, Laury Thilleman and Sandy Heribert. But this time, it is to the woman of his life that he will be thrown into the deep end.
Together, Teddy Riner and Luthna Plocus should give a complete overview of the symbiosis that reigns in their relationship. Because for more than 15 years, they knew how to keep the flame alive. The two lovebirds met after the 2007 world judo championships in Rio. The young woman then worked in the communications department of Lagardère Unlimited, the group's sports branch.
A caring husband and a daddy hen
But love took several years to develop between them.
“Before that, I didn't know precisely what he was doing and I didn't particularly see him as a suitorconfided Luthna Plocus to the Team. He was a really nice person with whom, over the years, I had become friends.” Finally falling in love with Teddy Riner, she made him a father twice: to Eden, born in 2014 and to Isis, born in 2018.
“It's unwavering support. It's my second wind in competition. They helped me become the man and athlete that I am. Even if my results are the fruit of hard work on the mats”confided the athlete in the columns of Paris Match. Number 1 support of his companion champion, Luthna Plocus helped him win new medals at the Paris Olympic Games. For them a new story is being written, this time on television.
