On television, nothing escapes him, from entertainment programs like Top Chef or Koh-Lanta, to more serious ones like television news or debate shows, nothing escapes him. In short, everything related to the small screen and the media is his domain.
In front of the cameras of “Our True Nature”, Frédéric Lopez took part in the game of intimate confidences. This is how the 56-year-old host spoke without filter about his difficult relationship with his father, who nicknamed him “the good-for-nothing”. Bonds that were broken before finally coming back even stronger.
Frédéric Lopez opens his heart about his relationship with his father in “Our true nature”, his new show. © France 2
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While he is a hit in A Sunday in the countrysideFrédéric Lopez launched a new show called Our true nature. Tuesday January 9, 2024, on France 2, the first issue of the program was broadcast. The former host of Meeting in unknown land – a show for which he was forced to sell his house – thus found four personalities, namely Adriana Karembeu, Gérard Jugnot, Donel Jack’sman and Barbara Pravi, for a trip of introspection to Canada. The opportunity for everyone to speak with an open heart. The tall blonde spoke about her difficult childhood, just like Frédéric Lopez who recounted his conflictual relationship with his father.
Frédéric Lopez had a complicated childhood
“I didn’t like my childhood“, he first said, without filter. And to explain further: “It’s true that I was very afraid of my father. He never gave compliments. When I was a kid, he called me ‘good for nothing’ and when you’re a kid you believe him.“Difficult times for Frédéric Lopez. It was then as a teenager that everything changed for him:”Between the attacks, I realized that it was the worst because it was ‘When is it going to blow?’. From the age of 15, I rebelled and it went well.“From now on, Frédéric Lopez draws lessons from it:”Ultimately, what it brought me, that’s what I wanted to say, is that there is obviously at the start a phobia of authority and a very strong need for recognition. A very strong need to be loved.“
Frédéric Lopez unloved by his younger father, their relationship has radically changed
Despite long years of conflict, today, the relationship between the host, himself the father of a boy named Victor, and his father has greatly improved. “It seems crazy to think it’s the same person. He himself has experienced worse than me, that’s why I understand him. Today, what is incredible is that he is the most attentive person on this earth about me, he enthused. This is something I couldn’t imagine when I was a child. If I go outside, he’ll chase me with a jacket. If we’re eating, he’ll check that I’ve had more.“And to conclude:”I love my father, but it’s true that until I was 15, it was the opposite.“
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