Stéphane Bern blown away by emotion in “La Boîte à secrets”

Faustine Bollaert, once again crowned the French's favorite presenter this year, knows how much her guests can be moved in « The Secret Box »its show launched in 2019. Celebrities, whom the production is responsible for surprising by rediscovering friendships, anecdotes or forgotten photographs, break through the armor. In the past, Marc Lavoine, during a sequence with Enrico Macias, or singer Lara Fabian, have already cried tears.

Friday January 17, during an issue viewed by 1.82 million viewers, it was Stéphane Bern who let his emotions express themselves. He would have liked to control them, but the heritage-loving host was visibly overwhelmed by the memory of his father and his brother.

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« You show me the images of my father who left two years ago, of my brother who left last year. I feel like a bit of a survivor. So. I admired my brother so much. He let me go, that's the hardest part… »confided Stéphane Bern, surrounded on the set by Élodie Frégé, singer, actress and former “Star Academy”, as well as David Douillet. Mezzo-soprano Axelle Saint-Cirel had just resumed Imagineby John Lennon, while photos of the Bern family played.

« Grief is part of my life. He was a brilliant man, much more so than me, of great value, he liked to stay in the shadows, he always said to me: “I’ll leave you the light” »confided Stéphane Bern about his brother Armand Bern, who died at the age of 59 from cancer in 2022. A polytechnician, he had notably worked in the automobile and aeronautics industry. « He obtained his baccalaureate at 16 and Polytechnique at 19 »detailed the host, admiring this brother whom he continues to mourn today.