It is far from rhinestones and sequins that David Douillet enjoys his retirement. Installed with his family in a renovated Lyon farmhouse, the former judoka received the cameras of 50 'inside at home, for the show on Saturday March 6, 2021. Surrounded by his daughters, the four-time world champion spoke about his new life and in particular his meeting with Vanessa Carrara in 2015. "We met not far from here. It was a political meeting. At the time I was a city councilor. And David was the guest of this day", began by telling the pretty brunette.
Behind the stoves preparing carbonara pasta, the dish of their first date, the one who has been married three times continued: "And then we had done a whole bunch of stuff. A whole bunch of demonstrations and then it ended with a big meal with 400 people. And Madame was there. And there are 400 people and there I arrive. Everything was fine and I see her, I say: 'Wow'. I say nothing. I say nothing at all". However, when the one who will become his companion asks for a photo, the athlete does not send him "not even speak. Nothing".
What do David Douillet's ex-wives think about it?
If at that time, "nothing happens" and let the relationship begin "total platonic", in reality David Douillet does not go too far. "I was far from imagining that I could flash like that on someone and say to myself : 'Wow, it is she' what. Without there being a single sound exchanged between us ", he remembered under the tender gaze of his companion. At the time already engaged on their side, David Douillet and Vanessa Carrara put an end to their respective relations to be able to live their love affair.
From this was born their little daughter Blanche, a year later. "We made a wonderful little girl, sublime(…), which gave me new life ", explained with pride the one who is now the head of a blended family. Asked about his previous wives, he said: "I get along well with my first two wives. They are smart and awesome. They are the mothers of my children too, but they know that I met the woman, the love of my life. They know it. And it cannot be ordered ". At 52, David Douillet seems to have found his happiness: "It's the most beautiful of lives. You can be a billionaire. You can have 40-kilometer-long yachts, villas. I've met people like that, they're so lonely. Me, look. My happiness is my fortune. She's there".
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