VIDEO. Antoine Dupont: “He was in a vegetative state for 8 years…” The player confides in the death of his father for the first time

“Perhaps my hardest interview, and also the most beautiful” says Antoine Dupont himself. It was a moment of intense emotion that France 2 viewers experienced this Saturday, October 5 in the evening.

The star player was in fact the guest of the program “Les Rencontres du Papotin”, a program during which a personality is interviewed by people with autistic disorders and disabilities.

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Journalists from the editorial staff of I’m a pothead thus questioned him on very diverse subjects, between laughter, tenderness and emotion. “Are you married?” “You only won one medal at the Olympics?”, “Have you ever cheated to win?” And the Haut-Pyrénées, thus put on the grill, answered all the questions straightforwardly and with great skill, always smiling.

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It was then that Jérôme, one of the interviewers of the I’m a potheadstepped forward. “Are you feeling good with your mom?” he questions. “Yes” answers Antoine Dupont. “I am very close to my family, to my mother too. Since they are not very far from Toulouse, I can see them often, it is important for me.”

“And with your dad?” continues Jérôme. “My dad died last year” replied the player, providing details that have been little known until now. “He had taken a wrong turn, he had been in a vegetative state for 8 years already. He was sick, he was in a center where he was not very well. It had been 8 years and he died last year. “

A rare confession, delivered with sincerity, modesty and emotion. “Les Rencontres du Papotin” with Antoine Dupont, to be found on the France.tv platform.