Friday February 4, 2022, Mireille Dumas was invited to the Women of TV podcast, from Télé-Loisirs. After having confided in her career on television, the journalist explained why she had never felt the need to carry a child.
Fulfilled in her work, Mireille Dumas never felt the desire to have a child. If she never gave birth, she was still a landmark for Antoine, the son of her companion, Dominique Colonna, who met her at the age of four. Asked about motherhood, it’s in the podcast tv women, of Tele-Leisure which the journalist explained: “I didn’t justify myself that much. I know this caused problems for some women who often told me that they had to justify themselves in the eyes of society. I never felt that. I replied that I had no desire for children. I never had the feeling nor I felt that people asked me to justify myself for that, ever. In contrast, I know that some women who have not had children have suffered from having to justify themselves.“
In all transparency, the former host of Private life, public life told : “I always said it as a matter of course. It was a non-desire of a child and it is totally assumed. I never felt this desire to give birth, to carry my child. Never. My current husband had a child (Antoine, editor’s note) who was small, who was different and who needed attention. I think I gave all my attention to that child. I am not in the desire for possession. I don’t like to say ‘my’, ‘I’, ‘my husband’, ‘my child.’ I loved this child as if it were my own.” Finally, Mireille Dumas added: “For me, blood ties mean nothing, I put heart ties above blood ties. What is important is love. I didn’t need an extension. I worked a lot too. There was a lot of creativity. And afterwards, I said to myself, having a child, you have to take care of it. Do not deal with it, it makes no sense.“
Mireille Dumas: “I was delighted to raise Antoine”
Last November, it was in the columns of Gala that the journalist had already mentioned her non-desire for motherhood. “I am one of those women who never had the desire to bear a child. It’s something that’s foreign to me“, she assured. Finally, she added: “I was delighted to raise Antoine (…) As he was a different child, with a mild form of autism, he needed a lot of attention. It filled my life and I loved it. If I had to do it again, I would do exactly the same with him.“
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Mireille Dumas
She has a stepson, Antoine.
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Mireille Dumas
She said: “I know it caused problems for some women who often told me that they had to justify themselves in the eyes of society. I never felt that way.”
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His non-desire for a child is totally assumed.
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Friday February 4, 2022, Mireille Dumas was invited to the Women of TV podcast, from Télé-Loisirs.
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She said: “I am not in the desire for possession. I don’t like to say ‘my’, ‘I’, ‘my husband’, ‘my child.’ I loved that child as if it were my own.”
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Mireille Dumas
She never wanted a child.
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She has no regrets about it.
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Mireille Dumas
She assured that she put the ties of the heart above the ties of blood.
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She is delighted to have raised Antoine.
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Mireille Dumas
She never wanted to bear a child.