Today at 2:00 p.m. – by Thomas Fourcroy
On Sunday October 20 at 9:10 p.m., France 2 broadcasts So we dance. A comedy carried by Michèle Laroque, who returned some time ago to her story with a politician, François Baroin.
Quite discreet about their private lives, these two personalities nevertheless formed one of the most media-focused couples of recent years: the actress Michèle Laroque and the mayor of Troyes, François Baroin. Together since 2008, it was in 2023 that they announced their separation. A 15-year relationship, on which the actress we will meet this evening in So we dance on France 2, returned.
Michèle Laroque on the end of her relationship: “Life has pushed us in different directions”
Michèle Laroque and François Baroin, these are two personalities who are used to the spotlight. The first, a multifaceted artist, has a series of projects, while the second, close to Jacques Chirac, is one of the most respected politicians of the Les Républicains party. However, they rarely looked at what brought them together for 15 years. After their separation, Michèle Laroque took the plunge at Paris Match : “We had the impression of having found his complement; of meeting a different intelligence. I like to laugh, I like lightness. He is more serious.” But why did their adventure end? A question of life paths, as the actress explained: “We had wonderful years together. Life made us move in the same direction, then it pushed us in different directions. We have to know how to accept it.”
François Baroin, recently remarried
Describing this separation as “new beginning”Michèle Laroque clarified that she wished the best to her ex-spouse: “It’s a mourning but it’s not necessarily sad, it could be for a new beginning. For a separate development. I would have experienced it badly if I had kept the trauma of abandonment within me. I I have settled. Simply, a page has been turned (…) My view of François has not changed: he is a wonderful man who deserves all the happiness possible. What I am sure of: he is someone. ‘a very honest one. He has experience.’ On September 14, 2024, François Baroin got married to Stéphanie Lochard, deputy mayor of Troyes. A wife and collaborator in charge of finances and school matters. Note that in 2022, this former pharmacist was a candidate under the Republican label in the legislative elections.
