Saturday October 5, 2024, rugby player Antoine Dupont was the guest of the show “Lesencontres du Papotin”, broadcast on France 2. Known for his discretion regarding his private life, the 27-year-old sportsman chose to express on a painful subject: the death of his father, which occurred in 2023. A moment of rare and sincere emotion which marked the public.
Antoine Dupont, a champion as modest as he is tenacious
Antoine Dupont is today the undeniable star of French rugby. A status which brilliantly confirmed it during the Rugby World Cup in 2023, despite the maxillo-zygomatic fracture which he suffered following a tackle. “Touched, but not sunk. Show must go on. Looking forward to meeting the group again. Thank you for your messages “, he wrote on his Instagram account after his operation. An operation which did not at all prevent him from joining his comrades in the French team, and winning Olympic gold in the rugby 7s category in 2024.
But beyond being a seasoned sportsman, Antoine Dupont is also a modest man, who prefers to put his passion for rugby at the forefront rather than dwelling on his personal life. However, invited on the France 2 show, he agreed to lift the veil on a more intimate part of his existence.
His father’s illness mentioned for the first time
During the interview, Antoine Dupont mentioned, for the first time publicly, his father’s illness and the difficult years that preceded it. “My dad died last year “, he confided. At the microphone of France 2, he also declared: “He was in a vegetative state for 8 years already, that is to say he was sick, he was in a center where he was not very well and it had been 8 years, he died last year “.
Although very brief, these sincere confidences lifted the veil on a little-known side of Antoine Dupont. So far, the
native of Lannemezan had always chosen to protect his privacy, and shared little information about it. This emotional moment moved Antoine Dupont’s fans. Also, he shows that, behind the strength and resilience he displays on the pitch, lies a man remarkably affected by the loss of a parent.
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