“More than 140 kilos”: Eric Antoine talks about his eating disorders and how he got through it

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The 19th season of France has incredible talent continues this Wednesday, November 6, with the broadcast of a new bonus from 9:10 p.m. on M6. The opportunity to find Eric Antoine on the jury, a role he has held for almost ten years already. And in recent years, the host of Fair Price underwent some physical evolutions. Indeed, if his large size makes him look little (2.07 meters), Eric Antoine found himself morbidly obese, the fault of eating disorders.

He regularly talks about his fight publicly in order to raise awareness. “I believe that the taboo is even stronger among men. I experienced the other side, with bulimia. I was morbidly obese, weighing over 140 kilos“, he rightly confided during an interview for Leisure TVpublished on November 4. Arriving at a point of no return, the accomplice of Hélène Segara, Sugar Sammy and Marianne James then took charge: “I began psychoanalytic work to understand“.

Eric Antoine's children, “very strong motivation” to lose weight

But what really pushed him to lose weight was when he welcomed his sons, Raphaël, 14 years old, and Ulysses, 11 years old (born from his marriage to Calista Sinclair, from whom he is now divorced). “Becoming a father was a turning point because I didn't want to put my children through that. I wanted to be healthy and play soccer with them in the backyard. It was a very strong motivation“, he said. In 2023, Eric Antoine explained that he was like this dropped to 117 kilos on the scale and then be “still overweight“but he does not relent in his efforts.”This summer alone, I lost 7 kilos“, he shared with our colleagues.

Because the magician knows, feeling better about yourself is an everyday battle. “I still need to work on my relationship with my body“, he revealed to the magazine Current Woman last year.

France has incredible talent this Wednesday, November 6 on M6, from 9:10 p.m.