We know him as a swagger and a follower of dirty jokes. But Philippe Candeloro showed himself in a new light, Tuesday 8 December 2020, on the set of It starts today. Throughout this week, Faustine Bollaert receives celebrities to talk about their sometimes chaotic journeys or encounters that have changed their destinies. And to feed the theme "Their fight, their victory", the host asked Jarry and the skaters, Sarah Abitbol and therefore Philippe Candeloro, to tell about episodes in their lives that have moved them forward. The testimony of the two-time Olympic medalist was particularly touching. In it, he spoke of his father Luigi's death from prostate cancer in the late 1990s. "I saw it wither away. It started to deteriorate", said, very moved, the one who participated in Naked stars to raise awareness about screening for prostate and testicular cancer for some, and breast cancer for others. An event all the more tragic as he was far from his family home at the time. And that his brother was also confronted with this damn crab.
"I saw that … it was over for him "
"I remember a very specific moment, it was when my mother said to me: 'You have to go see your father, he wants you.' I said I won't go. I was on tour in the United States", he concedes, warned nevertheless by his relatives that the end was imminent."The doctors told me that at the level of the disease, he had nothing left, that he was cured. But he, I could see him, he was tired. I saw that … it was over for him", he continued, moved to tears. Health has long been a taboo among the Candeloro and this succession of tragedies has acted as a "awareness" his home. "Everything is fine. Someone finally visited my home and told me everything was perfect, that there was no need to clean up", he slipped, not without humor. Another pirouette to play down the subject for the king of the back-flip.
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