An overhyped personality since his beginnings in football and his entry into the France team, Olivier Giroud remains a discreet star, who only reveals his private life on rare occasions. The preview on May 14 of the documentary Giroud, which will be broadcast on May 26 on Canal+, is one of them. In this documentary, signed David Perrier (based on an idea from Dominique Rouch), the world football champion reveals himself, recounting his rise in sport while his brother Romain had to give up on his career, and also talking about his childhood within a family of four. His mother, Viviane, confides to the director that she did not want Olivier Giroud to be born. A revelation of which The Sunday Journalwho was able to view the documentary, echoes this.
Thus, the footballer’s mother says that after having already given birth to Bertrand, Romain and Bérangère, she did not want a fourth child. But Olivier Giroud arrived, despite everything. “My whole being refused this child”, says Viviane. A difficult period, which she will explain to her youngest during his adolescence. Both will cry, before the tattooed player reassures his mother, and thanks her for loving and pampering him despite everything. Regarding his mother’s statement, in the documentary, he will say during the preview: “It’s the scene that moved me the most. My mother had to accept me, she had to fight against herself even though I wasn’t expected. I’m not a psychotherapist, but there perhaps has a link to establish with my career.”
Which dad is Olivier Giroud for his four children?
Father of four children (Jade, Evan, Aaron and Aria), Olivier Giroud is a true “cool daddy” for his little ones, revealed Jennifer, his wife, at Parisian. “I would define him as a daddy hen, even if he happens to be quite strict on certain things.” Wishing to instill in them “very important values in his eyes, which he himself received from his parents”, the player would be ready to multiply for them. He would thus try to pass “maximum time” with his family, even if his career requires him to travel a lot. Very protective of his children, he said in February 2023 that his notoriety was not only good, especially for his eldest daughter, Jade. “She’s a very sensitive girl, full of emotion, and who has a little trouble with my notoriety”he confided in a podcast before adding: “Sometimes, we want to become friends with her because she’s Olivier Giroud’s daughter.” “I would like to shield it from the future because it [ne] can only get worse.”
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