“Flavie is my great love, we are close friends”

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The information had leaked before the broadcast of episode 13 from season 19 of Love is in the meadow : Flavie, the contender chosen by Valentin, the young 26-year-old Manchois breeder, youngest candidate this season, is suffering from cancer.

Suffering from a rare cancer, undergoing chemotherapy

In the broadcast Monday November 11, 2024, Flavie officially announced her illness, Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare cancer, specifying: “I had an operation before the emission of a tumor that was apparently benign but I was called back during the filming of the broadcast to tell me that in fact, it was malignant and that I should start chemotherapy immediately. »

The unfailing support of the Manche farmer

To support her in the face of destiny, Flavie can count on “unfailing support”, as described by Karine Le Marchand, from Valentin.

“He immediately told me: I will support you,” says Flavie, who confides: “He’s my Valentine, he’s my pillar. He is very attentive. »

Very modest, Valentin still suggested that there were ups and downs, and that he was dreading certain stages, such as the hair loss of Flavie, due to the treatment.

A fear that the Manchois does not allow himself to express, considering “that crying is showing weakness”. He was reassured by “Tata Kaka”: “Strong men cry. »

A successful presentation in Brittany

After the update on the ordeal endured by the duo, “one of the flagship couples of this season” estimated Karine Le Marchand, we found the latter in Brittany, at Flavie's, for the presentation of the Norman breeder to the family and friends of his suitor, before the first chemo of the young woman.

A moment feared by the farmer living near Saint-Lô: “We are in unknown territory, we are among the Bretons,” he said, alluding to the millennial rivalry of the two “peoples”. A rivalry crystallized by Mont-Saint-Michel, the 7^e Norman wonder regularly the subject of claims by Breton neighbors…

“We will overcome this ordeal” thanks to love

But to the young man’s great surprise, the evening with the Bretons went admirably: “We laughed as if we had known each other for 10 years! » And to conclude: “The Bretons and the Normans will sign a peace treaty for love. »

Because it's good of love what the breeder speaks today: “For me, Flavie today is my great love, we are close. » A happiness that Valentin is determined to keep. “We will overcome this ordeal. »

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