This Tuesday, October 4, Faustine Bollaert received Thomas Stern, the husband of Catherine Laborde, in It starts today. The advertiser confided in the state of health of the unforgettable weather presenter of TF1.
It was in 2018 that she revealed her illness. Catherine Laborde, 71, has been suffering from Lewy body dementia for several years, and after presenting her last weather forecast in 2017, the host has been living since a discreet retirement, far from the media. However, he sometimes makes a few rare returns to the screen to discuss his fight, as was the case in 2020, on the show Sept à Huit. “I lose my memory all the time. There, I just spoke to you and I don’t know what I said half an hour earlier“, she explained to Audrey Crespo-Mara. This Tuesday, October 4, it is the husband of Catherine Laborde, Thomas Stern, who came to the set of France 2 to give news of his half. The advertiser, who celebrated his 70th birthday this year, recognizes that the situation is complicated, even if he does not intend to let his wife down. “It’s hard,” he blurts out before adding: “She has entered a phase where she finds it difficult to express herself, that is to say that she understands what is said, but she has a lot of difficulty in formulating things“. We therefore understand that communication between Catherine Labord and her loved ones has become limited, as unfortunately required by the evolution of her illness. However, the former weather presenter is still experiencing phases of lucidity. “Lewy body disease is a so-called fluctuating disease. It has times when it becomes completely lucid again“, explains Thomas Stern to Faustine Bollaert before specifying that these famous moments of clarity can be worrying. The reason ? If he is happy for his wife, he adds that “don’t reassure him” to see her wondering what’s going on.
Catherine Laborde: the tender message of her sister Françoise for her 71 years
On May 8, Catherine Laborde celebrated her 71st birthday, far from the spotlight. On this occasion, his sister, the journalist Françoise Laborde, had published a tender message on Instagram. “Happy birthday my Catherine. Always enjoy life and know that no one forgets you. You are always smiling, always brave: many of them tell me every day how much they love you and think of you. 1000 kisses“, wrote Françoise Laborde. A statement that is all the more moving as the relationship between the two sisters has not always been good. Cold for many years, Catherine and Françoise Laborde found themselves after the announcement of the illness of the eldest.”My sister reconciled with me thanks to illness. Until then, she was angry but she is not anymore. She says herself that she is very scared because mom died of Alzheimer’s so with this disease that I have and which looks like Alzheimer’s, it upset her, I think“, confided Catherine Laborde at Gala in 2018.