In 2020, TF1 launched its new entertainment show called Large families, life in XXL. A docu-reality that immediately seduced the channel’s viewers, who were thousands to follow the adventures of these extraordinary tribes. Amandine Pellissard She quickly made a name for herself there, she who is at the head of a clan of eight children with her husband Alexandre. Sadly, the story between the 34-year-old mom and the show is coming to an end.
During an interview for Jordan De Luxe on his show At Jordan’sAmandine Pellissard explained leaving the program but above all, she intends to file a complaint against the production : “I took a lawyer, it’s been a while. I’m going to file a complaint against TF1 Productions and we, my husband and I, are going to take legal action.“
We are only TV products
To explain this action, the popular candidate who has become an influencer on social networks evokes “through regulatory steps“.”In fact there is no TV at all costs. That is not possible. At some point when I say stop and they say to me ‘ah well we will see you less’, and well it doesn’t matter, people will see me less. We are talking about families with children. There are, they would sell father and mother to stay on screen, it’s terrible“, she denounced. Amandine Pelissard does not specify the charges she brings against the program which revealed her, but she suggests that the adventure ended up affecting her children. “As long as it was directed at us, adults… My husband and I, we are able to defend ourselves and fight back. Behind, there were drifts, more and more. And when it started to affect the comfort of my children, there on the other hand I put stops right away. I cut the shoots, I stopped the sequencers, I stopped the seasons...”, she said.
After a first clash, however, Alexander’s wife had finally backtracked and agreed to return to the show. “They came back to get me apologizing. They have a kind of hold on you. There is an affect. These are people you trust. They tell you that you are part of the family (…) In fact we realize that we are only TV products“, she regretted. Thus, she did not deprive herself for “piss them off when it went too far“. Amandine Pellissard wishes “testify to (one’s) experience” in order to bring to light the reality of what would be Large families according to her. “Either it’s a documentary and they respect the rules and limits of documentary, or it’s reality TV and they assume it. And they treat people and children right, and that they take care of things from a legal, contractual and medical insurance point of view.” Today, she is categorical: “It’s over !“