"The PAF Confidante"
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This is how the program of Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine qualified Faustine Bollaert following her entry into the ranking of the favorite personalities of the French people of the Journal du Dimanche.
The presenter of the testimonial program “It starts today” comes in 41st place.
And if it is so acclaimed by the French, it is because the mother of the family is truly involved in front of her guests, even outside the set.
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“People come to tell me about their suffering and it's terrible because there are times when, like everyone else, I'm not available. And me, people don't come and tell me trivial things, all of a sudden they're going to talk to me about the second cousin's leukemia, about the father who left the mother for x reason. At times like these, it's hard to say
“it's not the time, I'd really like to hear from you, but I'm doing my shopping or I have my children in my paws”.
It always puts me in an uncomfortable situation
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“I am grotesque”
But despite this, the TV presenter still provides some advice by meeting fervent followers of the show.
And for 2023, she advocates positivity.
“I am convinced that by changing the lexicon of our words on a daily basis, we can change things”,
she affirms before adding
“I tried to smile at myself in front of the mirror the other time, it
is grotesque, I'm grotesque but somehow forcing yourself to smile a little more is not a big deal but it feels good”
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And precisely, Faustine Bollaert sometimes has trouble hiding her emotions or not feeling upset by a testimony from her show.
"When I'm angry it shows, when I'm angry, a little rude, when I'm tender, when I want to love, to kiss, to embrace, I do it"
, confides- she.
To succeed in decompressing after an edition loaded with emotions of all kinds, the host has some little tricks.
"When I come back to my dressing room, it's a discipline of dropping out of the show, I need to anchor myself in things that are a little superficial so I can watch clothes on the internet... And I like having the little phone call to my children who reanchor me in my own life.”
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From taboo subjects to very serious ones, including scary ones, all themes are covered on set, and it can be difficult to manage on a daily basis.
"It becomes very anxiety-provoking sometimes to do this show
," she explains.
Indeed, when the theme of the day deals with sexual abuse of a child, the mother in her cannot help but think of her own offspring.
“In the evening at home, I tend to ask questions that are perhaps too intense, whereas they have had a rather traditional day”
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A testimony of home-jacking upset her so much that she went so far as to modify certain aspects of her daily life.
“I immediately called my husband behind telling him
“so we change the alarm, we add locks”
and we added locks.
He had made fun of me a little but it really reassured me.
It is true that I am someone who is a little more worried than normal
”.