While on the show On refait la télé, presented by Jade and Eric Dussart on Saturday March 18, 2023 on RTL, Bernard de la Villardière, who has cancer, explained why he decided to return to his fight against public illness.
A key figure in the French audiovisual landscape for a very large number of years, Bernard de la Villardiere has established itself over time as one of the star hosts of M6, where he has presented the channel’s weekly magazine, called Enquête exclusive, since its creation in 2005. previously, the journalist was, since 1998, in charge of another emblematic program of M6: Zone Interdite. Moreover, the host is also at the head of a second program, which was launched on the air in 2016. While Enquête exclusive is broadcast every Sunday evening in the 2nd part of the evening, just after Capital or Zone Interdite, the magazine called Dossier Tabou is programmed in a more event-driven way on M6, and in prime time.
Passing through the program On refait la télé, presented by Jade and Eric Dussart on Saturday March 18, 2023 on RTL, Bernard de la Villardière notably returned to the cancer he has. “I have melanoma, a slightly complicated cancer that has recurred. But, I have benefited from medical research and in particular from a immunotherapy treatment supposed to potentiate your immune defenses, and fortunately it works“, explained the journalist, before making an astonishing revelation on this subject. “I had my ear cut off, so it shows on the screen. For a while I walked around with a bandage over my ear so I said it. I don’t hide. I’m in waiting rooms with everyone, I’m not asking for special treatment“, he revealed.
Bernard de la Villadière: two operations to treat the cancer of the journalist
For the record, it was in 2018 that Bernard de la Villardière had publicly mentioned his cancer in the media for the first time. “I had a pimple in my ear that got out of hand. I delayed going to see a dermatologist. I thought it was due to an injury, not very important. But the examinations revealed a rather virulent melanoma. Yes, it could have been serious and turned into a dangerous, deadly cancer. I lived a few weeks of anguish“, he underlined, before specifying that he had been operated on twice: “the first to remove the button, the second to cut off a piece of the ear“.