Sophie Davant moved to tears by the absence of Jeanne

A highlight in this edition of the Telethon which brought in more than 73 million euros this year. Sophie Davant has heard from Jeanne, a victim of myopathy of the girdles. She had met the young girl when she was only seven years old, 16 years ago. During this 35th edition of the Telethon broadcast on France 2, on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 December, archive images of the girl were broadcast: Jeanne as a child, followed by Jeanne at 23 during the 2017 Telethon. which particularly moved Sophie Davant, to the point that the presenter shed a few tears, before leaving the set for a few moments, time to recover.

In this 2017 sequence, Jeanne testified: “The 3637 works and we have proof of it. I hope I am proof of that for you! I wouldn’t be here without it”, Without the help of the Telethon. Sophie Davant then got up to kiss the young woman on the cheek.

“Another choice of life”

It is therefore the memory of these more than 16 years of friendship with Jeanne that made Sophie Davant cry: “It moves me to see Jeanne.”The presenter was also congratulated for her“loyalty”At the Telethon for 35 years. The Concluded Business facilitator then gave news of the young woman: “Today she has made another choice of life, she has taken orders. I had a message from her mother earlier who told me that she was still in communion, I think the word is well chosen.”

Everyone remembers Jeanne in 2005, Sophie Davant presented her to the public, quoting her words: “I’m afraid of being afraid, I’m afraid of being in pain ‘, these are the words of Jeanne”, Declared Sophie Davant. In 2015, Jeanne published her first book entitled Résiste (Bayard editions). Then shortly before entering the forces of order, a second work appeared: Suffering, path to God.