Journalist Catherine Matausch reveals she has lung cancer

This is bad news for France 3 viewers. Journalist Catherine Matauschaged 62, announced that she had serious health problems in an interview for the new issue of TV Major Channels published on June 20, 2022. The one that presents the 12/13 and the 19/20 on channel 3 actually revealed to be suffering from lung cancer. “Life has been complicated for a year and a half. I have had several sick leaves due, among other things, to lung cancer”she told the newspaper, referring to his long absence from the air between last March and May.

Catherine Matausch nevertheless wanted to reassure his public. “I’m fine. I’m better”, she said. The journalist from France Télévisions, who has become a popular figure in the PAF, also mentioned his colleague Jean-Pierre Pernaut, who died of lung cancer last January. She particularly praised the courage he had, according to her, to speak publicly about his illness. “It’s good to talk about it the way he did. I’m talking about it here for the first time”she said. “In my case, fortunately, the disease is not at the same stage and has been treated in time“said the presenter of France 3.

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During this interview, Catherine Matausch also indicated having divorced from the father of her two daughters. “LCI had offered me a piece of news. A great offer. I had even signed the contract. In the end, it didn’t happen: I was in the middle of a divorce, it was complicated. I chose my children and stability”, she explained. The journalist also had to face the death of his motherin 2021. “I also had to face his death. I went through moments of great loneliness. An immobile life. It was not fun for me, who needed nature and wanderings…” she said. But today, Catherine Matausch assures “drawing new strength from these ordeals”. “I’m expected to continue” to present the television newsshe concluded with TV Major Channels.