Patrice Laffont sorry: the host “asks forgiveness” from his children for not having been a good father

Patrice Laffont agreed to open her heart in the podcast of TV-LeisureParents first, Tuesday January 11, 2022. Father of three childrenhe made some confidences about the father he is and his many regrets. Between his two eldest and his youngest, he could not do the same things while his professional situation was not the same. “The situation was quite different between what I was for Fabrice and Axelle and for Mathilde, who have a big age difference.. Let’s say that I was at the start of my TV career and that I was only thinking, I admit, about that. I was very busy, I left in the morning relatively early and returned late at night. I didn’t help them much, I didn’t really educate them. But, on the other hand, I was a happy, loving and entertaining dad (…) I don’t think I was a terrible dad back then“, he confided with a heavy heart.

If Patrice Laffont was able to share more moments with his daughter Mathilde, who was born when he was already over fifty years old and with a well-defined career, he still assured that he had never made any difference between his children. “I’ve always been there through tough times, they’ve had them. Dad was still there (…) If there is one thing that is important and I can help them, they recognize that I have always been there“, he said.

Patrice Laffont asked his children for forgiveness

At the end of the podcast, the television host had a very touching message to his three children. “I would like them to keep the image of a man who did not hurt anyone and especially not them. I ask their forgiveness if I was not as present and caring a father as I could have been (…) I think we have a lot in common. We play a lot, I was a game presenter and, in life, we play a lot of games, it brings us together. I would like them to continue playing without me …“

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