After the sudden death of Kalthoum Sarraï in 2010 at the age of 47, it was she who was responsible for taking over and shouldering the role of “Super Nanny”. For 10 years Sylvie Jenaly has been responsible for restoring order to homes where children rule the roost. On the occasion of this anniversary, on September 27, she answered questions from our colleagues at Télé Loisirs. The opportunity to talk about these years spent on TFX, the behavior of the children, their development…
The impeccably squared housekeeper confides that the TF1 group was much more present at her side at the start. Now things have changed:With the years that pass, the experience, and the confidence people have in me, I’ve been doing it the way I want for several years“, she confides. She adds that the success of caring and positive education helped her to “find that freedom“. Thanks to that, she explains, “I am asked for a little less firmness“.
It must be said that Sylvie Jenaly showed herself sometimes very hard with certain families and certain children to put them back on the right path. A difficult role for her to take on. “It was complicated, already the fact of being in the media, the notoriety, that I was asked to put forward an image that was not necessarily completely mine. Those years were terrible for me.” she confides in disappointment. “It was the game, that’s how it was.“.
“Super Nanny”: it’s not just television for Sylvie Jenaly
Although a graduate of the Lausanne hotel school, Sylvie Jenaly has always had the feeling with children and always wanted to work with them. Hired by a family in a luxury hotel, this is how her career began. housekeeper career. A fascinating job and that’s why she decided to leave the show for a while to return to his job. So, in 2019, “Super Nanny” went to Central Africa in order to work with a presidential family before returning to TFX.
At Télé Loisirs, she confides that she could probably do it again. “If I have to go back, I’ll go back again. But the show is my priorityhelp people and above all give them confidence“, assures the one who has two children and three little girls.
