Everyone asks him why he preferred to give up his place to Jacques Legros by taking refuge in his family home. Duplex on LCI, Jean-Pierre Pernaut explained: "Simply because I had cancer, I did not hide it, a little over a year ago … And it seems that the coronavirus we like cancers, so we preferred with Thierry Tuilier (Editor's note: deputy general manager of information for the TF1 group) shelter me ". In fact, for almost a week, the animator shares his days with his wife, whom he met during the Miss France election in 2001, and their two children, Tom, 16, and Lou, 17. When she's not studying for high school, the teenager sometimes improvises as a makeup artist for her father, who presents 1 p.m. at home from his home. As for Tom, he is fond of cars. Jean-Pierre Pernaut had also shared the cliche of the race podium Isola 2000 that the young boy won in January 2020.
A close-knit family
A passion for racing cars that the famous presenter also seems to have transmitted to his elder. Olivier, born of his first marriage to Dominique Bonnet, is an experienced pilot. Each year he competes for the trophy Andros which brings together the world's largest car racers. Engine engineer, the 39-year-old man has a son named Leo. His sister, Julia, followed an equally brilliant career in the medical field. She is a gynecologist and has her own practice in Amiens. Like a real papa hen, Jean-Pierre Pernaut is very close to his children. "(…) becoming a father again at 52 and then at 53 changed my life, he confided in an interview with Paris Match. I often accompany Lou to judo and Tom to tennis. Fatherhood over 50, I thought it was unreasonable. I was wrong". Nothing beats a tight-knit family in these difficult times!
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