After highlighting the lives of others, Christophe Dechavanne tells his story. The 65-year-old presenter is preparing to publish his autobiography, Without transition (Flammarion), Wednesday January 24, 2024. The opportunity for the television man to look back on certain moments in his career, but also to confide in his private life. On this subject, Léa Salamé’s accomplice returned to the complicated relationship he had with his son. Indeed, Paul-Henri hasn’t spoken to him for years. “Life has kept us apart for a decade now. My friends tell me he will come back”writes the one who presented numerous games on TF1, as reported TV Star. From this work, Christophe Dechavanne has some fears, in particular the reaction of his son upon learning that he is mentioned in the book. “I hope I haven’t been immodest towards my son. I don’t want to be”he assured in the columns of Paris Match. Other subjects are mentioned in the autobiography, like his father’s alcoholism.
Alcohol and debts, part of Christophe Dechavanne’s legacy
His father’s alcoholism was never a taboo subject for Christophe Dechavanne. “I was touched by someone very, very close who died very young: my father, who died of alcoholism at 54. He died of that, so I know that very well”he revealed on the set of Hello Earthlings!in 2016. A few years later, However, the subject is still just as complicated for the 65-year-old presenter. “I have a little trouble talking about it like that. But I write it in the book”he shared in the columns of TV StarMonday January 22, 2024. Nevertheless, he remembered a complicated evening, where he drank a lot, drank too much. “The day after a drunken evening in Cannes in 2002, a security guy asked me if I was better because the day before I was punching the walls. This only happened to me once”, he testified. When his father died, a significant debt was added to Christophe Dechavanne’s suffering. “When my father died, I inherited 300,000 francs in debt”he revealed to RTL Info on April 21, 2023. “I had to spit on my hands a little since my wages were seized everywhere I worked…”, he then added. Through persistence and conviction, the presenter then built the career that we know him for.