Years pass but the pain remains. It is indeed with great tenderness and emotion that Michèle Bernier returns, in Revue TV movieson the death of his mother Odile Vaudelle at the age of 51. “I often think of what my mom would say, what she would do and then I hear her laughs … it boosts me “, Confears the actress who was only 29 years old during the disappearance of the one with whom she had a very fusional relationship. “We had a lot of trouble not being together. She was a very present mother (…) she had the heart on her hand.”
Michèle Bernier on her mother's suicide
Qualified as “soleil” By his daughter, Odile Vaudelle was fighting against depression at the time of his death. “She hid her discomfort”specifies Michèle Bernier before confiding in the suicide of the one who “gave him the joy of being a mother“. “My father called me at 6 am, to tell me that he had found it … It was a difficult moment in their lives. You know, the people who end their days are neither cowards nor weak .slips the actress stressing that the decision to kill herself is taken when the person “arrives at a stadium of intense lucidity”. Like many people confronted with such a drama, Michèle Bernier feels guilt, as she explains to our colleagues. Even if “She couldn't see the signs” Because she had already left the family nest. “”And we never imagine that it will happen. We say that it will be better tomorrow … “
Michèle Bernier in shock after the death of her mother
Losing his mother in such circumstances upset Michèle Bernier. She describes herself thus “like a zombie “ During this period. “”It's so violent that we don't realize what's going on (…) We were like emptied, incapable of reactions “. After the denial of reality, Michèle Bernier was faced with the fear of seeing “His father sink to him “. This drama, she continues, “made him lose his carelessness “. “I promised myself not to subjected this to my loved ones (…) If you feel in danger, you have to express it, take care of yourself and not put things under a carpet “she concludes.