Invited on the set of the show “Chez Jordan”, this Wednesday, January 17, Adèle and Agathe de Fontenay commented on the tribute paid to their famous grandmother Geneviève de Fontenay during the last Miss France election. The opportunity to settle their scores with fist.
Last August 1, Geneviève de Fontenay died tragically at her home at the age of 90. Known for having launched the Miss France phenomenon and having taken the direction of the committee for decades, the one nicknamed the lady with the hat was honored by a shower of tributes on social networks, the days following the announcement of his death.
On December 16, 2023, during the election of Miss France 2024, a poignant tribute was also paid to Geneviève de Fontenay by many former Miss France who had responded to the call and who appeared live on TF1 to greet her memory. However, almost six months after the death of the lady in the hat, her family decided to speak out.
Geneviève de Fontenay: her son Xavier reveals the real reasons for his death
His son, Xavier de Fontenay has just answered Jordan de Luxe’s questions on his show At Jordan’s broadcast this Wednesday January 17, 2024 on the C8 channel. The 63-year-old began by revealing the true causes of his famous mother’s death who according to him died of “boredom”. “She only lived for this competition. And also to be recognized. My mother absolutely wanted to become famous, to be seen, photographed, admired. With age, it diminished, she had stopped all activity.”
He then assures that Covid-19 has made the situation worse: “As she did not want to be vaccinated, she did not have a health pass and therefore could not go out. […]. This isolation, this pandemic isolated her at home. She died of boredom because finally everything she lived for stopped…”
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Geneviève de Fontenay: her granddaughters Adèle and Agathe tackle Sylvie Tellier
It was then the turn of his daughters Adèle and Agathe to speak. They particularly spoke about the tribute paid to their grandmother during the last competition. “I find that this tribute was unspeakably hypocritical” launched the eldest before assuring that the channel and production had been “forced to do it”.
She continues by stating that according to her, some people present would have been better off abstaining. “They will recognize each other, they know it. There is even a Miss who sued our grandmother for defamation”.
And to conclude by tackling Sylvie Tellier who has always been in conflict with her grandmother and who was also criticized for not having respected the dress code during the tribute on TF1: “Putting her as president of the jury was almost provocative”.