Sister of journalist Giulia Foïs and Fabio Foïs (died in a car accident at the age of 31), Elena Foïs had formalized her story with Christophe Dechavanne appearing with him for the first time in May 2019 when the latter received the insignia of Officer of Arts and Letters at the Ministry of Culture. They also appeared hand in hand during the national tribute ceremony for Jean-Paul Belmondo at the Hôtel des Invalides on September 9, 2021 in Paris.
Always claiming to be very hypochondriac – just like one of his television colleagues, Michel Drucker – Christophe Dechavanne has found the ideal woman with Elena Foïs. Doctor specializing in hematology (which designates the study of blood and its diseases) at the Henri Modor hospital in Créteil, the younger sister of the actress Marina Foïs knows how to reassure and comfort her companion and all his little daily health anxieties. Paralyzed throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the host had found a solid shoulder with his darling, always ready to soothe and calm him down. “I am with the one with whom I will die… But as late as possible if you allow it“, he had also entrusted to the magazine Gala in 2020.
Very admiring of the profession of his partner, the host had also confided that she was unfortunately often very taken by her work. “This is the first time in my life that I’ve waited for the woman I live with to be available to see her. It was a bit the opposite in a former life“, he indicated, surely referring to his former relations with the ex-model and columnist Stéphanie Long in 2004 and Sophie Lapointe, (director at BCBG) in 2010.
As a reminder, the couple would be together since 2016 since in 2017, Christophe Dechavanne had slipped to Thierry Ardisson that he had been in love for more than a year on the set of the show Saturday Earthlings.
Christophe Dechavanne is the father of three children: Pauline (born in 1987 and whose mother is Marie Genest), Paul-Henri (born in 1990, fruit of his love with Isabelle) and Ninon (his youngest daughter born in 1998 from his relationship with Manon Saidani). He is the grandfather of two granddaughters Jeanne (3 years old) and Margot (4 months), the children of his eldest.