He still has the same amused smile. And above all the same outspokenness. Thursday February 10, a little over two weeks after announcing on social networks to be affected by lung cancer, Florent Pagny was the guest of the 20 hour newspaper of TF1. The opportunity for the 60-year-old artist to give his news and reassure his audience. Even if he did not hide in the introduction to be first present for the promotion of “The Voice”, the famous telecrochet of which he is one of the jurors and which returns on Saturday July 12 on the channel. “I wanted to thank the people who sent me so much love, he started facing Gilles Bouleau. And if I hadn’t had to cancel 32 concerts, I wouldn’t have made a message like that on Instagram. »
If he admits to having been “stunned” at the announcement of the discovery of his tumor, the sexagenarian was very optimistic. “I’m doing very well, assured Florent Pagny underlining his “good morale” in this “critical moment”. I have a problem that ticks the wrong box at first but after that all other boxes are good. I discovered it very early. I’ve had it for three to six months. I only have one tumor. I have no metastases, I have nothing to any other organ. So we can’t operate because it divides very quickly and risks spreading, but today there are really good treatments. There is chemo but also immunotherapy, which works very well, rays…”
“I can still sing”
“When it’s taken from the start and it’s very isolated, I only see the good side of things,” he continued, conceding however that it “redistributes the cards” in his projects. With the cancellation of the tour of its sixtieth anniversary, already announced, but the maintenance of the filming of “The Voice” and other commitments already made. “I can still sing,” said the artist, even if his care will be his priority for the next few months. Chemotherapy that he started last week, as he said on social networks.
While waiting for a return to the stage, his fans will be able to find him on Saturday February 12 at the launch of season 11 of “The Voice” on the first channel. A program for which he wanted to maintain filming despite his state of health in recent days. All with good humor. “We saw a Florent as usual, confides a member of the production. If he hadn’t said he was affected by this cancer, we would never have guessed. “” On the set, we are totally devoted to talent and music, says his comrade Nolwenn Leroy, new recruit of the program of the One. We forget everything. »
VIDEO. Suffering from a lung tumor, Florent Pagny announces that he will stop his tour
And these shoots are not over since he still has to record the “super cross battles”, these clashes between apprentice singers, on February 19. Before a hoped-for return to his famous red chair for the semi-final and the final live in May. Battery for the end of his announced six months of chemotherapy. “I don’t know how I will be at that time,” he said on Thursday. Maybe I’ll be fine, but maybe I’ll be weakened and we’ll see. »