Friday, June 2, 2023, the former presenter of the television news of France 2, Françoise Laborde, revealed on Instagram to have undergone surgery on the level of his eye, photo in support.
Mainly known for being the sister of Catherine Laborde, who presented the weather forecast on TF1 for many years, Françoise Laborde also appeared on television. Journalist by profession, she notably presented the television news on France 2, before finally being appointed to the Superior Audiovisual Council (CSA) by the former President of the Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, in 2009. Recently, Françoise Laborde made people talk about her by publishing a book with Michèle Créoff, baptized Undesirables, abused children: the forgotten of the Republic.
Published in 2021, this book gives a voice to abused children, and highlights their resilience. Friday, June 2, 2023, Internet users heard from the journalist on Instagram. The latter has published a photo of her where we can discover her with protection at the level of her left eye. Actually, Françoise Laborde revealed that she had suffered a surgery to treat cataracts. “#Cataract #SuccessfulOperation #thank you DrGanem #Can’t WaitToRegainTheCompleteView“, she wrote as a caption. In recent years, Françoise Laborde has regularly taken the floor to express her support for her sister Catherine, who has Lewy body disease.
Françoise Laborde: her unconditional support for her sister Catherine in the face of illness
“She is very brave. She has moments of great optimism and others where things are obviously a little less. There are days with and days without. She is very well followed by the medical profession. She has two pathologies that are complicated, it’s Parkinson’s disease on one side and Lewy body dementia on the other. He is someone who has a character that is both strong and playful, and then a lot of elegance and dignity. So she knows pretty well how to hide the times when things aren’t going well“, declared Françoise Laborde in particular, during an interview dating from 2019. During her career, the journalist was also a member of the High Council for Equality, an advisory body on women’s rights and gender equality.