Antoine Dupont is not used to leaving the rugby framework. If he is one of the most scrutinized rugby players on the planet, the scrum half of the XV of France very rarely talks about his personal life. A rule from which he deviated during his meeting with the editors of Papotin.
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Via a meeting broadcast on France 2, this Saturday October 5, the Toulouse man had the opportunity to speak about his family. Thus, he spoke briefly about the death of his father, after an unfortunate accident.
Pour The Papotins meetingshe confides this: “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.[…] My dad died last year. He had taken a wrong turn and had been in a vegetative state for eight years already. He was sick. He was in a center where he was not doing very well. It’s been eight years and he died last year.”
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Clearly, Antoine Dupont’s father began to suffer the consequences of this accident whilehe had just started his professional career with Castres Olympique. At that time, he was barely an adult. During this interview, the rugby player confided that it was “maybe [de son] toughest interview, but surely the most beautiful too.”
During his discussion with the editors of Papotin, he also discussed more usual subjects. He explained in particular that he had “no children, no girlfriend and no boyfriend”. He also revoked other subjects such as his childhood, his salary and the place of homosexuality in rugby. He also had the opportunity to answer slightly more atypical questions, in a particularly welcoming setting.
La Papotin meets Antoine Dupont
The newspaper Le Papotin was born 33 years ago at the Antony day hospital. This establishment welcomes young people with autism, aged 15 to 25. Founded in a medical context, this media allows them to express themselves through writing, but also to have meetings with public figures.
Today, the editorial board of the newspaper has expanded and now brings together around forty members, aged 14 to 50, from a dozen other health and medico-social centers in the Île-de-France region. Each meeting results in the publication of a magazine available on their site. To date, 41 issues have been published and publication is occurring at an irregular pace.
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