Denis Brogniart is not only the star host of TF1 entertainment, at the helm of Koh Lanta, District Z or Ninja warrior. He is also an author since March 3, 2021 and the release of his very first book, An almost exemplary soldier. He evokes the post-traumatic stress of a soldier returning from the war. A story inspired by his real encounter with a soldier: "I am godfather of the war wounded, he explained before the outing to Cine TV Review. "In this context, I meet physical injuries, but also psychic ones, which is the case of Stanislas. When he told me his story, I said to myself that it was the novel of a lifetime ", he added.
"Iam afraid of illness "
Guest of Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine Tuesday March 16 in C to you to discuss his novel, Denis Brogniart did not fail to answer a question from the host about his book: "Are you really a hypochondriac, anxious Denis?"she called out to him."Yes I am a hypochondriac of course, I am afraid of the disease for my loved ones, for myself", answers the host and writer, before giving the reasons for his anxieties, which go back a long way."You know I lost my young daddy and obviously it is something that marked me. This is perhaps also why I am committed to defending the causes and in particular research against cancer, because I believe that we are perhaps very close to very beautiful discoveries", he added. Denis Brogniart was also very moved when the management released an image of him when he was very young alongside his father. A snapshot that he himself had posted on his Instagram account at the occasion of Father's Day, in 2020.
The host lost his father to cancer when he was only 25 years old. A painful memory that he had also evoked on the set of 50'Inside May 16, 2020: "He was younger than me today, and when I discuss his pathology today with doctors, they tell me that if he had had it yesterday, we would have saved him thanks to the advances we know today"he told Nikos Aliagas. What explains his extraordinary motivation for the fight against the disease.
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