In Exclusive inquiry, which he presents since 2005 on M6, Bernard de la Villardière travels the world to explore the hidden side of the most exotic destinations. But for this sensitive man, the family value is placed above all others. The journalist gave an interview to the magazine Here is, Friday March 19, 2021, during which he indulged in rare confidences about his tribe. A true refuge for the one who is married for more than 20 years to Anne de Savignac, with whom he had four children: Caroline, Marc, Rémi and Nicolas, all aged between 34 and 28. "I am very attached to the value of family,"said the one who became a grandfather very recently. Between his career, made of long and perilous journeys, and his private life, "the man who walks" has apparently found a balance. "After thinking about it a lot, I believe there is no such thing as absolute freedom. We just choose our channels", he said, before revealing his reason for living."I chose mine, and if I break it, I know I'll be miserable. "
Religion, his other refuge
Bernard de la Villardière has therefore found his recipe for happiness, he who had to fight against cancer in 2018. His haven of peace, he found it in Isère where he owns a family property and where he goes "to recharge your batteries with your family two weeks a year", as he had confided to our colleagues from TV 2 Weeks in 2019. "It has belonged to us for two hundred years. But that doesn't make me a squire! ", he joked. Neither lord, nor priest, while he had considered life in a monastery for a while. Moreover, he did not draw a line on this reconversion, a desire that originated in the faith of his mother, now a good sister in Buenos Aires. But faith would then pass in front of his wife and children, an area still prohibited for Bernard de la Villardière.
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