Just eliminated from Koh Lanta 2024, young Alicia opened up about this serious pathology from which she suffers. His teammates were unaware during the adventure. We will explain everything to you.
This Tuesday, February 20, viewers were able to discover the second episode of Koh Lanta: The immunity hunters. A new episode marked by the arrival of new adventurers, William and Léa, but above all, by Alicia’s departure. In fact, the 23-year-old business manager was eliminated by her team. A departure which delighted the viewers, visibly annoyed by the behavior of the young woman.
And Denis Brogniart’s punchline at the time of his departure did not fail to make Internet users react. If Alicia was quickly judged as too weak and not sporty enough to keep her place in the adventure, the young woman actually suffered. of a serious illness that she had hidden from everyone. On Monday February 20, Alicia gave a telephone interview to 20 minutes.
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Koh Lanta 2024: Alicia suffering from cystic fibrosis
During this interview, Alicia reveals that she has cystic fibrosis. An illness that she did not wish to mention during her portrait, nor even to her comrades during the adventure Koh Lanta. “I am a person, an adventurer in my own right and I prefer to be judged for what I am and not for what I have”, explains the young woman. However, the production company ALP assures that Alicia has passed all medical tests and was recognized as fit to participate in this survival adventure.
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For Alicia, participating in Koh Lanta despite his condition was a real chance. “It’s rare today that productions want to change things and accept that slightly different people can live their dream”, confides the business manager, very grateful.
Alicia put in difficulty by her illness
Inevitably, Alicia’s illness impacted her adventure in Koh Lanta. Less athletic than her teammates, the young woman is aware of her handicap. “Sportingly speaking, you can see the difference, because I don’t have the physique of everyone else,” she confides.
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But Alicia absolutely does not regret her participation in Koh Lanta. On the contrary. “It proved to me how far I was capable of going. In the second episode we see at the end of the immunity test that I am completely knocked out. I gave everything I had. I could”, explains the young woman. Before adding: “I knew deep down that I didn’t have the ability to go all the way.”
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