For lovers of star Academy, Mario Barravecchia remained as the hapless finalist of the first season. The one who had seen his dreams fly away when the public preferred to crown the sparkling Jenifer. Over the years, the former resident of the castle of Dammarie-les-Lys has tried to break into music, accusing the comparison with his former comrade. And if he paused this ephemeral career, it is largely because the Belgian-Italian singer preferred to privilege his family life and in particular the arrival of a little sister for his boy Matteo. “I was going to have a little girl, who arrived in 2010 and I didn’t want to take the risk of living as an artist, intermittent in the show and saying to myself: ‘if I don’t have a fee, I don’t eat “, had he explained to our colleagues of Non Stop People in March 2021. But another event forced Mario Barravecchia to make a meaningful decision: his father’s fight against Charcot’s disease.
“I did not go to the end”
At a time when the legalization of euthanasia is at the center of debates, especially in the National Assembly, the former acolyte of Jean-Pascal Lacoste was invited to the set of Do not touch My TV, Friday April 9, 2021, to explain how he helped his father die over a decade ago. Because his father was hospitalized in Belgium, where the practice of the right to euthanasia is authorized. “He said to me ‘take me home’, because he did not want to die in the hospital. The doctors did not agree (…) And then the family doctor told me that he had to go because he was sleeping, he was in pain and he was no longer conscious “, revealed the one who is currently preparing his return on stage.
Then came the day of this heavy ordeal, when the courageous Mario Barravecchia granted the wishes of his loved one. “My father wanted me to unplug him from the machine, and I waited for the whole family to leave to do this “, he confided, very moved, confirmed by Jean-Michel Cohen in the idea that this act had made it possible to cause respiratory arrest “who delivered him”. He then pleaded the cause of the legalization of euthanasia, regretting not having had the strength to commit this gesture before.
“At the beginning I didn’t want to because one has the impression of killing one’s father”
The poignant testimony of @MARIOBARRAV on the disappearance of his father who had recourse to euthanasia. #TPMPWeekEnd pic.twitter.com/l0oySdeWzt
– TPMP (@TPMP) April 9, 2021
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