François Davant, the half-brother of the Bogdanoffs, exclusively delivered to “Gala” rare confidences on these personalities with a singular destiny. He returned in particular to the questioned physique of the twins.
Ten years younger, Francois Davant is the half-brother ofIgor and Grichka Bognadoff, both died of Covid-19 a few days apart. Usually out of the spotlight, almost hidden in his castle in Esclignac, in the Gers, the 62-year-old gave an exclusive interview to Gala. Childhood, personalities, life choices, he confided in reports that he had with his two older brothers and souvenirs that he will keep from them. Among the topics discussed, Francois Davant came back on the atypical physique of the Bogdanoffs, repeatedly scrutinized, questioned and judged. According to him, this could quickly annoy the two scientists. “That we judge them, it put them in a bad mood“, he assured.
A few days ago, Véronique Bogdanoff, their little sister, and Amélie de Bourbon-Parme, Igor’s ex-wife, both recognized the difficulty of having a frank discussion with the Bogdanoff twins about their physique. A point on which Francois Davant seems to agree. “Everyone knew and nobody talked about it“, he assured Gala, before adding: “They told me it was a disease, I proved to them with A plus B than not.“The one who regretted the”physique of their youth“then ended by saying:”They knew what I thought, it will stay between them and me.“
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Who is François Davant, the half-brother of the Bogdanoffs?
If they don’t have the same father, “we considered ourselves as full brothers“, has explained Francois Davant, 62 years old, Gala, before specifying: “My father didn’t raise me. We all grew up together under the auspices of a kind of matriarchy headed by my grandmother and my mother. We received the same education which celebrated a kind of wonder at the world.“
In an interview with Gala.fr on January 6, Véronique Bogdanoff, sophrologist and younger sister of the Bogdanoffs, reviewed the circumstances of the birth of her half-brother, Francois Davant. After the birth of Grichka and Igor, “my father and my mother have separated. Ten years later, François was born from another love story between my mother and a man. However, my mother had not forgotten Youra [le père d’Igor et Grichka, ndlr], and vice versa. Eventually, they reunited and chose not to leave each other, giving birth to three more children.“, explained the 54-year-old woman.
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