On the set of It’s up to you, Samuel Le Bihan appeared very moved by recounting his daily life with his daughter with autism.
It has been eight years since Samuel LeBihan plays the role ofAlex Hugo in the eponymous series. The fiction of France 3 continues to break audience records, to the delight of the actor. The star plays a former Marseille policeman who leaves the city to practice his profession in the mountains. And with the filming of his fiction, his weeks are quickly filled. But he always finds time to devote to his children and his new companion. Stefania Christian, with whom he has just formalized his relationship. This Tuesday, January 18, the actor was passing through the set of It’s up to you on France 5 to discuss its news. He took the opportunity to speak with emotion about his daughter with autism.
“I will not be crushed by this handicap”
The actor had several women in his life who allowed him to become a father on several occasions. He therefore has three children: Jules, 27, Angia, 10, and Emma-Rose, 4. Facing Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine and her chroniclers, he confided in his eldest daughter. “Angia, is she happy at school?“, asks the presenter. “Me, I make happiness. One day someone said to me: ‘You are the one who will take care of her’. It became my mission in life“. As a result, he does everything possible to secure his daughter so that she is happy: “I have decided that I will never be crushed by this handicap“. Ready for anything, he gives himself body and soul for her. “I refuse that it puts shade in my life. On the contrary, I will do everything to draw the most beautiful energy from it.“, he confides with a knot in his throat before adding: “I decided to create happiness.”
“My mission is really to give her confidence in herself”
By giving everything for his daughter, Samuel Le Bihan believes he has done a good job: “I think I did pretty well“. And while the inclusion of students with disabilities sparks debate following the words of Eric Zemmour, the 56-year-old actor remembers an exchange with the director of the school of Angia, today in CM2 class: “I assure you, I would have cried (…) but we are considering college. Never at any time could I have imagined this“. Hearing that was unexpected for this family man. “She did not speak. She didn’t go to kindergarten. She went to school much later“, he says, specifying that she used learning methods adapted to her situation. “She wasn’t eating, there was self-harm, violence“, he continues. But with perseverance and surrounded by the right people, the man can give his daughter a good childhood. “My mission is really to give her self-confidence. to be able to win all these victories, which are small victories every day but which will help him take his place in life“, he concludes.