Only the truth counts 2024 - Prime 19

Good evening everyone. - Good evening everyone. Good evening. Good evening. - Good evening Laurent. What a pleasure to meet you again, and what pleasure obviously to find you at home, loyal spectators from It's only the truth that counts. Here we go for a new number, with obviously, you know, very beautiful stories, tears of joy, happiness, we hope in any case, and also laughter, smiles, in short, emotion. Then there are also Rebecca and Sam. Good evening Rebecca. - Good evening. Are you doing well ? - How are you ? Rebecca, it seems we saw you almost everywhere in France this week. Yes. - Were you passing that way? That's it, this way, this way, but I left the invitations and as you see, I'm waiting. You know there is a new game after Where's Waldo? It’s Where’s Rebecca? That's it, but afterward, I'm recognizable from afar with my down jacket. With the little down jacket. Okay, Rebecca, we'll see you later with a new guest in the dressing room, that you will de-stress, the time this person arrives on the set. Waiting for, we're going to cut the dressing room, Pascal. We are going to find Rebecca and above all we are going ask her if she is accompanied. Rebecca, is there someone with you? Yes, someone is with me, I am accompanied by Alexia. Good morning. - Good evening Alexia. Good evening. - It's still a lodge very “southern”. - Yes, and very smiling. Very. - What a pretty smile! That's nice thanks. From which corner are you coming, Alexia? I come from Eyguières. Not far from Marseille, then? - Not far from Marseille, close to Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, yes. - Good. An idea of ​​the person Who is inviting you this evening? A little idea, yes. Good. - We'll see. We'll see. - Will you join us later? I am determined, yes. It is important. OK, Rebecca, we're going to close the lodge with you, obviously, so that Alexia doesn't hear what we are going to say to each other now, and we will welcome under your applause, Ladies and gentlemen, a young man whose name is Guillaume. Good morning. - Hi. How are you ? - Go on. How are you ? - Good morning. Stress. Stress ? - Yes, stressed. Not too much ? - A lot. A lot ? - Yes. Who is Alexia, Guillaume, that we come to see next to Rebecca in her dressing room? She's my ex-partner. Your ex-spouse, with whom you had a special story. Very special. You met her a few years ago already, and it turns out that she had the particularity, Alexia, when you met her, to be pregnant. To be pregnant, six months old when I met her. So you encounter a young woman you like, that you court, that you seduce? Exactly, on the networks. She came for the first time, see myself in Paris. So I welcomed her with her little belly at the station and everything came together. I immediately projected myself, immediately entered into the relationship. I didn't know where it was going to lead and I very quickly became attached to her, very quickly attached to the little one. I imagine that before he was born, many people must have told you: “Where are you going? You are going to live a love story," "you start a love story with a young woman who is going to be a mother," "who is already pregnant from another, by definition." “Where will you belong? How it will go ?" Have you asked yourself these questions? - Yes, I asked myself, but... I was so into it that I let myself be guided. I let myself be guided, and it is without regret, because I was able to "raise" a baby, who was not mine, for a year and a half and that... So you attended ultrasounds, pregnancy. You were there for the first bottles, diapers. You have done everything. - The first emergencies. Yes ? - As if he was your son? As if he were my son. I opened a bank account for him, I got his first name tattooed. It was the apple of my eye. Yes, and you need to know that Aiden was unwell as a toddler and you spent almost a month in the hospital at his bedside, as if you were really his biological father. We stayed for a month at the Timone Hospital, hospitalized, since he had meningitis. It's been a very, very difficult month, and we came out on December 23. We didn't know if we would celebrate Christmas as a family. There, at the start, you say to yourself, beyond the child's worries which have been resolved, fortunately, obviously, you say to yourself: “The story starts well.” You even imagined have a second child. That's what I wanted, but it was complicated because we lived at a distance. So it was quite complicated. I have a job that allows me to travel regularly and often be at rest, so I was almost going down every few days in Eyguières, because I work and live for three years in the Paris region. So I did, not to mention the shuttles what it took to go and join her, I bought a second vehicle so as not to disturb Alexia, when she left for work or when I arrived late at night. I took my vehicle and I went home, to their house. So, what happened ? Why did it go in a spin at some point? It went into a tailspin, because I unfortunately deceived her. After two months of relationship, I know, This is neither excusable nor forgivable. I was very angry with myself. It's something who touched her deeply and which touched her a lot. She gave me the chance to make up for it, with conditions that I respected, and since then I have been a righteous man, as straight as possible, and I think she never recovery from this pain she had. When you say, "I cheated on her." and you admit it was a mistake, that you played the fool, if I dare say, sorry for the word, you cheated on her, because you met someone by chance one evening, or you weren't that happy and it wasn't going so well? No I did not know where my head was that day. This is a person I will never have never had to meet at the gym. For me, that will never happen. That's the advantage, right? - Yes. So it happened in a week, but it was a week too long. She found out, so I was very touched. - Did you tell her or did she find out? No, she learned it. - By a friend, a friend? By herself. - Herself ? By the lady, the girl. The girl you cheated on with told him ? Yes. - Double penalty. It earned me a glass of mojito in the face, because I was at the aperitif with her, precisely, with Alexia, and that's it. Afterwards, I really blamed myself for it. I saw her in impossible states, even me, it did the same to me, and that allowed me to realize many things. She was the woman of your life. - She's the one who made me grow up, who made me evolve in this. This story, however, continued after this infidelity? You continued to love you both, you continued to take care of the little boy? That's it. -Aiden? Yes. - In your opinion, nevertheless it is the memory of this deception which made that she decided to... - Yes. Afterwards, there was no more trust, lots of ups and downs, a lot of tension. I tried to redeem myself as best I could, to prove to him time and time again that I was right now, that I could stay straight and live my family life with her and Aiden, and I think she doesn't have managed to cross this threshold. - She didn't digest it. - Yes. It doesn't matter to us prevented from having good times. We went on a trip more than once, we celebrated the first anniversary of Aiden, his baptism last September, and There you go. Do you miss him? - Enormously. You don't see him anymore? - No, I don't see him anymore. Oh yes ? - SO... She doesn't want to see you anymore? - That's it. Because you insisted too much, have you tried to come back to the charge? I don't know if it's relentlessness, or insisting, but when I love a person, I show him by all means, and this show is the last resort to prove to him that I still love him, even after five months of separation, and I think still to her, that I would like, today, even if we don't get back together, keep very good contact, and with her, and with the little one. It's important what you say. What are you coming to ask? To resume your love relationship where to stay... There, I think that we must not skip steps. It's been almost five months that we are separated, there were tensions, ups and downs and stockings, so at first, get in touch with her and do things the right way. To prepare for this show, you said it, you work mainly in the Paris region. She is a soldier, she went in Chad, she is very involved. It's not half a person, but a strong woman. Strong, courageous. Then you told us that you were ready to move, to move closer of her and Aiden to try to rebuild something. That's it ? - Yes. Does she already know that? - She already knows that. Except she refuses. How did she react when Rebecca brought him Guillaume's invitation? Look. That's it, we're there. We are at home. No, today we are in Marseille, in the south of France, and we are at Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, said the Good Mother. That's it, if we get here, we can overlook a bit of all of Marseille. I could tell you about it, but that’s not my role. Difficult to take you to Marseille without taking you here. I will bathe afterwards, but here, I stay with you. It's not a walk, but we are nevertheless on the old port, and what's funny here is that we see the cameraman when we're walking. We take a little tour on the Vallon des Auffes side to see the boats, the seagulls, the sun. There, we take a little tour through Le Panier, the oldest district of Marseille, and we have a meeting in a cafe which is right there. Excuse me, are you Alexia? - Yes Yes Yes. I'm Rebecca from the show Only the truth matters. I give you this invitation, hoping meet you on our set. OK very good. So, it's her that we invited and the good news is she in our studios this evening. She is with Rebecca. We saw her, with her pretty smile, in Rebecca's dressing room. This is a first point. All you have to do is be good, if I dare say, and convincing. I don't know yes I am, but we'll see. In any case, sincere and and as convincing as possible. I think that, already, coming here proves my sincerity. The real question that everyone arises tonight, and you arise, is clearly: “Is she still in love with you?” because deception, we can experience this very, very, very badly, and I understand it, and we can, the proof, she has already forgiven you, we can always forgive a penknife in the contract. The proof, she did it. She knows you've been a wonderful stepfather to Aiden. The real question is: "Does she still a loving motivation towards you" “to try something else?” Do you doubt that too? - Yes. Yes ? - We'll see. You came to have a definitive answer this evening, Guillaume. We'll give you a moment. - Good luck. THANKS. - We're going to find Alexia, okay? See you soon. - The curtain closes behind us before we find our friend Rebecca in the dressing room, always with Alexia by his side, unless you scared Alexia away. No, she's still there. Not one to run away, Alexia? - No no not at all. No, we had very philosophical discussions. Alexia, get up, follow Sam, and the truth is just down the hall. Thank you and goodbye. Good evening Alexia, welcome. Let me introduce you to Laurent. - Good evening, nice to meet you. The little corner, there, sit down He looks mean, but don't bite. No, he doesn't look bad, he seems cozy, nice, look. We were saying to ourselves just now, Laurent and I, looking at you in the dressing room with Rebecca, that you look like, which is rather a compliment, because she is a very pretty woman, to our friend Daphné, who took over from Rebecca back when she abandoned us to make life more beautiful. We saw you with Sam, we said to ourselves: “You really look like Daphne,” and we kiss very hard if she listens to us tonight. Are you a little stressed? You asked yourself Who invited you this evening? My little finger tells me that you have some semblance of answers. Yes ? You confirm ? - Yes. Yes ? - Yes Yes Yes. You are a strong woman. Are you ready to endure this moment? Are you a career soldier? - In the Air Force. You are on planes who go back and forth, and so on, who transport the troops? The troops, the earthlings, the air force and the navy too Where is your base? - In Istres. Of course. - In the south. Children? - A little boy of one and a half years old. Her name ? -Aiden. Aiden, it's so pretty. Okay, do you want a little hint? Yes with pleasure. - Look at these screens, a person will ask you a question. According to you, confidence comes discipline or training? It's a question for the woman, and to the soldier that you are. Does confidence come discipline or training? I would say that it is a discipline. It's something that we learn every day, that we learn normally from our childhood, and for me, trust is the basis. The basis of everything? - Yes. If there is no trust, there is no... I do not know how explain it, but it is doomed to failure. You trust quite easily or not? No not at all, and I am aware of it. Yes, I am aware that I have a lot hard to trust, especially with everything that happened to me, at the moment, here it is, I don’t do it like I used to. Do you want a second clue? Yes. - Stare at those screens again, Alexia. Look. Alexia, what was your great mission? If it concerns my work, my best mission was in Hawaii and in New Caledonia, together. And in your life, overall? Mom. - That's it. My role as a mother. My greatest mission is my son. It's the apple of my eye, it's the one, the only one. The father was not present. I raised him alone and I will still raise her alone, and for me, it’s my greatest wonder. Did you raise him alone? - And I'm still raising her alone, yes. The dad is gone during pregnancy, with another woman, hence the confidence. Fortunately he is there, because it's my strength now. He is the one who makes me live every day and who makes me smile every day. Do you want to know who is inviting you? Do you want to see his face? Yes. - Yes ? Yes yes. - We're going to open the screens on the other side of the board, please, Franck Broqua. Yes, I was sure that it was this person. Guillaume ? - Mm-hmm. Do you know each other well? - Yes Yes Yes. We know part of your story, so we are not going to act innocent. Obviously, we discussed, he told us things, he was cash and very honest in the way we tell things. Who is William? for you, how do you... How would you tell what it represents? Right now, nothing. What was he then? It was someone that I will never thank enough, since he met me, when I was six, seven months pregnant, and I will never thank him enough for his presence towards my son. As he spoiled him, he gave a lot of love to my son, that, I am aware of, he can consider it like his son, because he saw the birth, he saw him grow up, but besides that, he had behavior towards me who were not adequate with life family that I wanted to have, including trust and deception. Did that break that trust? - Yes. However, here again, our little finger told us that once he had this particular behavior, you have granted him your forgiveness. Yes, yes, yes, I continued trying to think it was possible. I'm honest, I tried, but after a while it was... I am realized it had happened to me by my son's father, a second time, and the more I advanced with time, the more I saw behaviors which I liked less and less. In the moment, since he did everything to win me back, it gave me "a little value", and I felt important at this time. I said to myself: "Come on, We'll try it, see what happens.", and after that, it was crescendo. Little by little, I broke away, there were behaviors that caused that I moved away. In particular, he devoted himself solely to my son and not at all to me. It was: “Come on, let’s have a drink.” "No, go ahead, I'm going to look after the little one." He lived only for the little one. It was only through Aiden, quite simply. Afterwards, it's a behavior... Reassuring. - From a man, yes, young, who can be very reassuring, as Laurent says, which is even surprising. That is to say, he doesn't think about himself, he doesn't think about his primary pleasure which could be to go spend a good evening with you, but he is totally invested in this role of substitute dad that not many men would have agreed to endorse. I agree, and that's why that I am grateful, but there is the side woman as I am. That is to say, I would like to pass time with the one I loved too. It's not just my son. There's a part of me I lost a lot of confidence in myself too. So I need...I'm here. Guillaume told us that when he saw you, it was immediate for him, the idea that it was you and that the fact whether you are already pregnant with another, and that he knew that you had a complicated past, it's the least we can say, that he loved you and welcomed you this child as his own. Why do you think he needed or made the mistake of looking elsewhere, stupidly, one evening, because a girl at the gym seduced him? He will regret it all his life, he told us, because it broke everything, that it's abominable for him, in his head, to imagine that this error be paid such consequences. You forgave him, but clearly, you do not forgive him. No, in short, I had a hard time forgiving him. I tried, really, I tried because... You said to yourself: "I'm going to invest myself and try to rebuild." Yes, regarding my son and the story we had lived too, but what I don't understand is that he says he was seduced, However, he was on sites dating during our relationship. In itself, that he cheated on me is one thing, but also the fact that he lied to me. He only saw it once, he said that she had never come to his house. The girl, when she sent me the screenshots, there was everything. Everything was described. He said : “This is my address, I’m waiting for you.” "OK, I'm coming, I'm at the door", and he continues to say that she didn't come to his house. It's these lies, and that's where I lost my confidence By telling me : "But..." Plus I looked into his eyes, and I said, "If you tell me the truth," "before I ask for this woman to send me the proofs," "I will be able to", how do you say ? I want to hear it from your mouth and no have the information in front of your eyes, when you say the opposite? - Yes. It was not the first time. He was on the sites, he had exchanges with other women that he had also seen, we don't stop at one. We don't stop, there were others. There may be some he has seen or not, I will never know the truth, but I called these women. When this woman didn't know that he had a child, of sorts, when she found out that I had just had a boy, even she, was surprised. She too was amazed. They had been seeing each other for two months, and even she fell from a height. I think of her too. It wasn't just me, there was this woman too who was sad. She trusted him. We don't stop to just one woman, but several. It is complicated. So, this evening, in any case, Guillaume told us that, for him, it was a kind last chance approach to make you come on this plateau, to show you, with all that it represents symbolic of bringing you here, in It's only the truth that counts, how much he cared for you, how much he regrets his mistakes. Do you want to listen to it? You know that there too, you can say no. We hope you will at least agree to hear his message. Do you want to hear, Alexia, what Guillaume came to say this evening? No, I know very well what he will tell me again and again. I... You don't think it's sincere or you think that despite everything and despite all his sincerity, he won't be able to stop himself to make mistakes again? It's not... I think it's sincere, I feel it, but it's too late. Me, once it's over, there is no going back, especially since I gave chances, I gave the opportunity to make up for it. For me, it's... yes. There is nothing what he can say this evening? There is nothing who could convince you? No, nothing, it's over. I don't want to hear anymore of this story, I no longer want to... In my opinion, It's in the past, it's behind me. I get up a little more every day in relation to all that. Hear what he has to say, try to give him a chance, for me it would be... no, that would be, not put me down, but... It's not respecting you yourself and respect your choices? That's it. - Does this mean that this decision, also applies to relationships that he might have, the requests what he could do, like ask news of your son, see him, or meet you with him, et cetera, or not ? - No, I don't want to see this man anymore. It's over, it's over, there is no going back. Maybe I'm harsh but it's for me that I do it. It's to protect me, protecting my son is... I prefer to cut it short and no longer have any news. Alexia, it is obviously your freedom the most total, we respect it. That's the principle of this show, we're going let you leave peacefully. thanking you for having accepted the show. Say hello to your little boy, be happy. Thank you goodbye. We're going to open the curtain, Pascal. Come, William. - Come, William. We don't have much to say, you just heard things, you expected it, We had warned you, you knew it. At least you have a clear answer of someone who looks right in his sneakers, and she seems like a very nice girl. - Yes. - That's what she wants. Not simple, what she experienced, what she is trying to rebuild. You made mistakes, we are not going to overwhelm you. Who hasn't done one, but at the same time, I also heard that she paid homage to the man you had been with her for a while and also with his son. Well, that also proves all your qualities, and we have no doubt that you will find, very quickly, a new path to move towards happiness. Thank you very much, thank you for having me. Hi William, sorry, go back that way. See you soon. - Well done. We will now discover, Laurent, a young woman who comes to do a very important step. Very important. Her name is Élysa, Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for welcoming him. Good morning. - Good morning. How are you ? - Thanks very much. Welcome, sit down. - Good evening thanks Are you doing well ? - Alright. Stressed ? - A little yes. Is this an important day for you? - Yes, very important. You called us a few weeks ago. You called our team to tell us: "I don't know my mom and I would like that you find her for me." We are here tonight so that, I hope so, and we all hope so here, your wish is granted. Your mom, you haven't seen her approximately how long ago? The last time I saw her, I had seven years, so it's almost 22 years. Twenty-two years without seeing her? - Yes. As is often the case, in stories that we receive here, it's a story, I was going to say difficulties, difficulties with a mother who had difficulty to raise you, who had problems to keep you. You had a journey which we also know well here, that is to say, either homes, or host families, et cetera. With your two sisters? - With my two sisters, yes. Then with a mother who, at a given moment, continued to have ties with you and sent you messages? Yes, I was placed in a home initially, we were isolated, all three, with my sisters. They were quickly reunited, then we met again, but I had... I sent letters to my mother, without answer necessarily, but I sent letters until 2008, and until the last one comes back to me without... she had moved, so... Without having been distributed? - That's it. Since then, no more news? - No. I saw her again once, after my seven years, and she promised me that we would see each other again, that she would get me out of all this, and in the end, she never came back. You always remember this day where you have been really torn from his arms? Yes, yes, at first, she had called on social services for one of my sisters, and a few months later, it was for my youngest sister and me, and so, I see myself again, we lived in a building, so we were in the parking lot with our mother crying, like us, then, yes, it was quite heartbreaking. Horrible scenes that we sometimes see in certain films and that we do not imagine, when we are a child, to be able to truly live. What did your mom do, immediately? after you were torn away from her, as you just said? Well, we were children, so we don't have this notion. At that moment, we say to ourselves: “It’s nothing, "It's going to be resolved, we're going to go home quickly." My mother probably had lots of problems, so much financial that, perhaps, psychological too, and I think she just had need help at this time. She did what she could and I think that she hasn't solved her problems. She could not get us back, in my opinion. You have been in several host families or just one? I knew a home where I was not treated very well. Not treated well? - With people bigger than me, it was very, very complicated. They were harassing you? - Yes, there was physical violence. We wanted to set fire in my room, so it was... I had to leave anyway. - Afterwards, you managed to be reunited all three, anyway? - Yes, in my host family I don't say anymore host family, but family, with whom I have a connection very strong and fusional. It is this family that allowed you to find a semblance of happiness? Exactly, yes. Yes, it was a second chance to study and get out of it later, so, I am very grateful. When you say : “I wrote to my mother.”, we also know that you sent him drawings, when you made them, without any idea whether she received them or not. My educator at the time said she received the letters, maybe read them, but didn't want to answer. She did not want to ? - She wasn't ready. I regularly sent him photos. I spoke to him as if we were going to see each other again. I told him about my school grades... Thinking of seeing her the following weekend. That was it. - Still in this hope. I always hoped to see her again, because for me, they were small problems that were going to be resolved. What are your relationships? with your sisters? We have good connections. We are not very close, but we have very good links. We have a bit of an approach different from our mother. Exactly, they are not on this board. It means that... - We don't have the same approach. It's really "my fight", This is my... there it is. Your adopted family, your family of heart, today, how does she experience this research? - She supports me, she supports me. When I told him about it, especially my time here, she even encouraged me. She knows it's very important for me and that matters, so yes. Have you done any research? - Yes, many, which did not succeed, but there. At what age did you start? Well, since she decided of herself to break the bonds, to legally no longer be recognized as my mother when I had ten years. From that moment, I said to myself: “No, I’m not giving up.”, and I always wanted to go further. “She gave up, not me.” Yes, that's it exactly. We told your story in pictures, Élysa... Thanks to your documents. - This difficult childhood, with this mother in difficulty, then 22 years without her, look. Élysa calls on the show, because 21 years ago, his mother, Mélina, made him a promise. Élysa grew up with her mother and his two sisters. Despite the love she gives them, this mom is having trouble to make ends meet. She gives so much love that she can to her three daughters. When Élysa is seven years old, his mother is increasingly in difficulty. She seeks social services for help. One of his daughters will be thus placed, but what Élysa doesn't know is that three months later, it's his turn to be separated from her mother. Still, Élysa remembers the last time where she saw her mother's face, her tears, the heartbreak to be torn from his arms. The three girls are placed in three different families. Her mother comes to see Élysa and promises to come get her. This is the last time that she will see her mother. After some time, the three sisters will be reunited in the same family. Today, Élysa is a strong woman and happy despite everything. In a relationship for years, she in turn became a mother. Without the slightest resentment, she thinks of her mother who had the courage and the strength to let her go to allow him to have a better life. The years have passed, but Élysa is still waiting a sign from his mother. Is Mélina ready? to keep his promise, made 21 years ago? Is it true to your story? - Yes, totally. That's what I am: a strong woman. I've always wanted get out and fight to become a good person. You have a daughter ? - You look good, your eyes show it. Yes, I have had a little girl for a year. We celebrated on December 24. Then I have a business which I resumed in 2019. I am a self-employed florist. What a great job! You can't invent a florist. - No. We can say that he doesn't often give me one. You're not nice enough. Yes, we're going to go to Élysa's and buy beautiful bouquets. Much has been said about this promise that you heard as a child: “I’ll come back for you.” Is that part of the criticism? OK, your mom abandoned you, et cetera. The fact that she made this promise, a promise she didn't keep to this day, anyway, do you blame him too for making this broken promise? I have no resentment towards my mother. I think it was brave of him to ask for help when she finds herself alone with three children, because there was no dad. So she was brave to ask for help. Afterwards, I have no resentment, no hatred, no anger. Are you calm? - Yes. I have always been in this... A totally benevolent approach, constructive and positive. You have a tattoo in tribute to your mother. Yes. - Do you have it there? He's there. It's there, on the wrist. What does this tattoo say? Show it well on camera. I did this when I turned 20. I told myself that I wanted to close and move on in my life. I never managed to do it, but I did it, then I counted the years. It had been 14 years at that point, and I wanted to close it with the heart to say that I stop there, and in fact, she's my mom, she will remain my mother. So the heart is ultimately not a heart of closure, closing the search, just a heart of love for Mélina. You think she did that so you can be free in a new family? That's it, I think she knew that we were happy in the host family where I ended up. She saw that there was a certain comfort of life that we didn't have before. I think that... She thought that it's not the worst. That's it, exactly. Why did you call Only the truth matters, few months ago ? Why did you call us? Why did you think that we could help you? We followed the show a little with my partner. We looked from time to time, and we saw this ad where we could participate. Then we said to ourselves: “Why not?” We tried everything. Now, there, I would have played my last card. What journalist takes care of you with us? Yousra. - It's Yousra we're kissing. Which I thank. She took charge of you from the start and has been with you for weeks. You know that Yousra struggled a lot to try to find your mother? There were few leads, you know, because you have done the research. We warned you that it would be painful and complicated. The good news, in quotes, the little glimmer of hope in your search, It’s because Yousra succeeded, helped by other journalists, to identify your mother and locate it. As often, we do it here, with several weeks, we must salute the work of journalism, because we believe in the magic wand and that TV allows everything. Well no, it's complicated, even if there are social networks and that we have the possibility to meet or find people. When people "disappeared", it is extremely difficult. So, we take this opportunity to salute the team, and Yousra in particular among the others. She therefore succeeded in identifying and to contact Mélina. We have forwarded your invitation to him. We do not know yet whether it is there or not. We'll find out. If she came you already know what do you want to tell him? There are many things that I would like to tell him. Afterwards, it’s already: “Thank you for giving me this life" "that I wouldn't have had with her." Then I have a lot of questions, namely: why did she leave? Why didn't she keep in touch? There are plenty of things over 22 years. In any way, any complaints? No complaints, none. Élysa, we will leave you alone for a few minutes. We're going to go to the other side. - See you later. The curtain will close behind us. Time to reestablish the connection and contact with Rebecca's lodge. Rebekah, can you hear us? I can hear you very well. Did Mélina respond? at our invitation? I'm really sorry to tell you this, but I am alone in the dressing room. What I wanted to tell you, is that the whole team of Only the truth matters worked really well. Indeed, they found her, they invited her. Up to the, just a few minutes ago, we hoped she would come. Eventually, she declined this invitation. I'm really sorry about that. Do we have an explanation? To justify that she doesn't come? No, we don't have any. However, all journalists were in contact with her. Everything was done for her to be there. Either she couldn't, either she didn't want tonight come on TV, on set. She declined the invitation, but really, we all believed in it, and for Élysa, for everyone and the whole team, and she didn't come and I'm sorry. You have nothing to do with it, Rebecca. Obviously, I know you're sorry. Thank you, Rebecca. In this case we will find Élysa on the other side. We're going to reopen the curtain, Franck Broqua, please! Élysa, you heard Rebecca. We never force people here, on this plateau. How are you ? - How are you. Yes ? - Yes. Of course, we can imagine that Mélina has good reasons not to want be exhibited on a television set. That doesn't mean she isn't watching the show. If she doesn't look at her right now, she will be able to see it again in replay, or people will talk to him about it. Do you want to enjoy being here to send him a message, to tell him what you would have said if she had been in front of you? Once again, it's a kind of bottle in the sea, but there is a good chance to arrive at your destination. do not forget how we work. It is also our ethics, we don't do anything. People's lives are at stake. Your mum, we could give you his contact details, because we obviously have them, but we won't do it. It is the rule. We can give him yours and she calls you and everything goes well. We will do everything to make this happen, but we can't if the person refuses to give his contact details. We must respect this choice. You know, we warned you. What you can do, according to Pascal, it's making a message, go for it! Either she listens to you, or we will point out this piece to him. If we have his contact details, we will send him. Even if she doesn't see it on TV, she will be able to see her quietly. Maybe it will click in his heart and you will have good news afterwards. You have the floor, if you want send a message, go ahead! Mom, It feels weird to say that, actually. I wanted to thank you for what you did 22 years ago. I don't blame you at all. I am very grateful to you. You allowed me to have a future and to build myself too. Now I'm a mom and I also ask myself questions as for my daughter, what I can pass on to him too. I need an answer also to my questions to move forward in my life. I don't want to come into yours, if you rebuilt, if you have children again or others. I just want to have contact or something, even if it is epistolary, there is no problem. I will adapt, but I need answer to my questions. I hope I didn't end up here for nothing, don't have too much disappointment either. I am happy today. I have everything I need in my life, but I miss my mom. Thank you, Élysa, for this beautiful message, this call to your mother. We have no doubt once again that it will reach him. We hope that it will then be successful, that it will manifest itself to you, quietly and in privacy, that she perhaps didn't want to do in front of everybody, what we understand. We will stay in contact with you. Our teams continue to support you after appearing on this show. I just wanted to say, far be it from me to rock you false hopes and to give birth in you hopes who would not be satisfied, but we had, a few months ago, in this show, you may remember it, two sisters who had, like that, who were looking for their dad, two twin sisters, and who had launched, the same, a bottle in the sea, a message to their father who had not come, he didn't want to come, and since then, their dad has contacted them, he manifested himself, and they got back in touch and got to know each other. We will definitely talk about it again in the show. Sometimes there are results outside of the show. That's what we hope. Thank you so much. We'll let you leave peacefully. Thank you so much. - Thank you Élysa. A new story, Pascal, to discover now! Yes, we'll ask Rebecca if accompanied. Rebecca, can you hear us? - Yes, very good. Is a man or a woman is by your side? A charming young woman. It was Mélina who accepted the invitation. - Gorgeous ! Good evening Mélina! - Good evening ! Are you doing well. - Yes and you ? Okay, do you know the show? - Yes a bit. Do you know Rebecca? - Yes. How do you find that ? - Gorgeous ! U.S. too. No idea who Who is inviting you this evening? I have a little idea. Do you want to tell us or not? No, we'll see. It is indeed your right. You will tell us with the clues You will tell us if that comforts you, confirms or denies what you think. We'll let you talk about it with Rebecca off-air. We will close the dressing room, of course. We are going to discover, Laurent, today, Who wanted to talk to Mélina? Who wanted to talk to Mélina? Someone like Mélina knows very, very, very well, since it is his dad Ridjaal, Ladies and gentlemen. Hi Ridjaal, how are you? - Yes. Good evening Ridjaal, welcome, sit down! Are you okay, not too stressed? - No, it's okay. Are you sure you are the father of... - Yes, I'm a dad. Because he looks like his brother. He's a young dad. - Yes. You are the daddy of this very beautiful young girl which we saw next to Rebecca. Except if you called us weeks ago, it's because everything is not going so well between you and your daughter and you absolutely want turn things around and try to find her better than before, because there was a before and an after. There was a moment when it happened, you will tell us later, a fact, a shouting match, maybe one argument too many, which made her turn away. How long has it been since you last saw her? Four, five years. Four, five years. - Oh yes ! So, holy... - She was about 16 years old, 16 and a half, 17, and she's 20. Are you separated from his mother? - Yes. You had until then do you have a good relationship with her? Yes of course. A dad who saw his daughter regularly. She came on weekends, weeks, and then I had two daughters. I was married in the meantime. A new companion? - So. Everything was going fine, she saw her sisters, good harmony, the understanding was there, everything. What happened four years ago and which caused the strong break with your daughter? It was in October. I let my daughter dress as she wants, but it was a little cold there. She came with some pretty ripped jeans. We could see the whole thigh - Hole? Worse, we saw everything. The kind where there are more holes only fabric, but we pay a lot of money? Yes, and it's fashion, I understand. I do not forbid, it was just for his safety. It was cold, I lived in a sensitive area. She took transport, she came with her friend, and suddenly, I just scolded him, I said: "It would be good that you dress differently.” I said: "I'm not forbidding you.", and she did not like my remonstrances. There, it went into a tailspin. That is to say, she told you harsh words? Yes. As sometimes, teenagers can have very hard teeth? Yes, but this was harder than that. What did she tell you? She said to me: "You have nothing to tell me, you are not my father, you are my progenitor.” I'm sorry, I am human, I am his father. I was there all those years, I did as best I could, and get this out to me, It took me out of my hinges. I told him not to talk like that and I scolded her a little. She didn't like it, she cried and she left my house, she didn't want to see me again. When she left, at the end, she said she wouldn't come anymore never see me, that it was over, and she left, then I never saw her again. In the meantime, you don't have sent messages, an email? I have all the proof, I tried by SMS when it was the Christmas holidays, birthdays, New Years. Nothing. - Nothing. Is it completely closed? - Yes. Holy character! I tried to call him. It rings, it rings, then there's nothing. We tried to retrace in images your story with this girl who, suddenly became rebellious, has moved away to the point that you haven't seen her for four years. Look. When she comes into the world, little Mélina is an expected and loved baby. Her sunny gaze and her radiant smile will make some very quickly her parents' little princess. Ridjaal is a happy dad. Mélina will stay close to her father, even after his parents separated, when she was three years old. She comes to see him on weekends and during the holidays. Then Ridjaal starts his life again. He has two other daughters who are now eight and nine years old: Malia and Ailice, with whom Mélina gets along very well. In the middle of winter 2019, while Mélina is 16 years old, she comes to her father while wearing ripped jeans. An outfit that Ridjaal considers unsuitable. He lets her know, bluntly and with strong words. Mélina reacts badly, very badly. A strong argument breaks out between father and daughter. This argument ends when Mélina told her dad that he is only his progenitor, and that she will no longer come to see him. This evening, Ridjaal asked us to invite his daughter, who he hasn't spoken to for years. How will Mélina react to her dad? We saw it, there were plenty of moments happiness in your story, even if you raised part, without her mother, your daughter. A little lonely somewhere. When she was young she was easy or has it always been a slightly rebellious temperament? No, frankly, nothing to say She's a really nice girl, a little reserved, calm. She listens, never a problem. I never laid a hand on her. Did it come suddenly? No, no, no, never. Just a thought which set fire to the powder and made it overreact. When you're a teenager, we are a little rebellious, As soon as we say one thing they are not happy. We knew, we knew. We have also seen ripped jeans. It was more than holey. I accept it, she dresses how she wants. It's just that there, in relation to time, and it is for security. It's for his safety, I didn't want... she goes out alone. We do not know what can happen outside. Of course. - I am very protective. It's normal, a dad with his daughters. - That's it. You think that she wants you enough to decide to make a definitive cross about his relationship with his father? This I do not know. Do you fear her? - Yes. We'll see, to err is human, people change. There are only fools which do not change, we will see. What gave you the idea of ​​going on the show? Is this an approach last chance? You could say that, because when everything is blocked, that we try to pass, if only by my sister, she went through the networks, you don't see anything, no sound, no image, I try to call, it's always the answering machine, as I am a fan of the show, I watch it often, I said to myself, why not, you have to dare. I dared. - We are here for that. I thank you for that. I was very well supported, all that, et cetera. I have nothing to say. Ridjaal, we are obviously here so that the curtain opens as much as possible, but we will let this young woman making her decision. What would happen if she decided to leave the curtain closed like he has been for four years? Frankly... For you, will this be the last attempt? Afterwards, it's his choice. We can't go against that, If she doesn't want to, only she is the master of her decision. I will try, perhaps, in relation to you, to give him my numbers, et cetera, whether she wants to or not, afterward, she is the master. To choose, of course. What do you have planned to tell him tonight to make her come back to better feelings towards you? First, apologize for the words I had. Have you already done that? - Of course. It did not work. I want to say it anyway. Forgive her, tell her I miss her, I have never seen her since. Tell him that I love him, despite my two other daughters. She still has her place, she remains my eldest daughter. She has a place in my heart, like the other three girls. We are going to watch... We're going to find Mélina and above all we will wish that Ridjaal's approach be crowned with success this evening. We will do our best, Ridjaal, See you soon ! The curtain closes, please! We will be able to find in Rebecca's dressing room, our friend Mélina. I ask you to stand up. You will follow Sam and the truth is just down the hall. Are you doing well ? - Yes. Are you doing well ? - Yes. Sit down. It's okay, do you know the show? - A little yes. Do you know us? - Yes. Do you like us? - Yes. You know we are good advice in general? You trust us or sometimes you say to yourself that these two are talking nonsense? How old are you ? - 20 years. Young woman. - Yes. What are you doing ? I have a work-study degree in HR. All right. You are about to turn and hiring people all your life? I said to fire and hire people. It’s also about taking care of people. It's true, it's true. Above all though. Do you have any idea of the person, Rebecca already asked you, Who is inviting you this evening? A little idea, yes. A little idea? - Yes. A man or a woman ? - A man. A close man, a man not close? Closer. Closer. - No. An ex ? - No. You say close, closer. No, family, rather. Family ? - All right. Do you want a clue? - Yes. Do you know where it's happening? - There. Look up there and someone will ask you a question. Mélina, you prefer to live with remorse or regret? You have regrets, today, as a young woman, things you did or didn't do, and if you could do them again, Would you do them differently? I do not have any in mind, but yes, that’s for sure. Is this a clue that doesn't mean anything to you? - If. If ? - To my father, perhaps. Why your father? The story of remorse or regret, that's his style. Does this remind you of your father? - Yes. With your father, are things going well? - No. No, you don't see it or... - Both. I haven't seen him since two or three years, I think, I do not know anymore. Because of him ? - Yes. Or because of you? We both. Wrong shared. - So. Mélina, do you want to see if your idea is the right one, if it's your father or someone else that can be found on the other side of this curtain? Yes. - So let's go ! It's cool. Why: “Is that cool?” Since I have nothing to say. Is it cool or not? Not too cool. - It's not cool ? - No. Normally it's pretty cool when you see your father. It depends. Do you want to know what your daddy came to tell you this evening? Do you want to hear it? - Yes ? You don't have to? - Yes yes. Ridjaal, it's yours! Good evening, Mélina. How are you ? Alright. - OK. You've grown up a lot. If I take this step, and that's not my style to come on the shows anything, if I take this step, that's because it's been a long time that I move heaven and earth to search for you, in vain. I think it is in relation to the little altercation we had. I understand him on that, but it was more for you... I didn't scold you like that to hurt you. It was about the outfit. You do as you want, but it was just in relation to security. I am very protective, you know it very well. Where I lived, it was not a pleasant area. If I told you that, it's not for nothing. It's true that I had words perhaps a little crude, and I wanted to apologize. I beg your pardon, if I have done wrong, if I have spoken wrong, but still know that it hurts me very much. If I'm here, I have reasons. I did this, because it makes long time we don't see each other, I'm trying to call you, nothing, network, I call you by your number, nothing, in vain. All birthdays you can ask, I sent them to you by written message. There is nothing, at a given moment, we can say anything, I still remain your father, even though I have your sisters, you are still my eldest daughter, It was you I had first. I love you all three. I don't make a difference. My love, he is the same. Maybe when I was young, I didn't express my feelings enough, but know that I tell you in front France: “I love you”, know it, and it hurt me a lot. It's true that before I didn't express myself enough, but here, I tell you, it's sincere, know it, a girl needs a father, we lack direction without a father. I want to tell you, it's real. Sorry if I did something wrong. Maybe I wasn't an exemplary father, I recognize him. We all make mistakes in life, but know one thing, you will remain my daughter forever and I don't make any difference. THANKS. - Know the. So. It's going to be okay, it's going to be okay. It's normal, you have to let go. Moved? No. - No. I am hot. You realize of what it represents for your father to take this step? We feel that he's not a man who is used to exposing like that his feelings at this point, who takes a lot on himself. He told us there were words a little harsh, thoughts on his part that he regretted today and that he shouldn't have said like that, but it's the father who speaks to a teenager, sometimes it's never easy between teenagers and their parents, and you reacted very strong compared to that and you have decided to cut ties. Tonight he comes, we heard him ask you for forgiveness, he regrets his words, and above all tell you that he loves you and that he wants to take over your relationship. It touches you, already seeing your father who is doing this for you this evening on this set? Yes a bit. Did he ever tell you, i love you ? Not as I remember. No, I don't think so, I don't know. There, like us, did you hear it? Yes. How does it feel to hear this father, with whom you are angry, say, maybe for the first time, so clearly: “I love you, "and you count as much for me than my other two daughters." I don't agree with that. Afterwards, it touches me. Why don't you agree? I've found that he put me aside a little. I think that it was because of the mother-in-law. I don't know. What did you say to that, Ridjaal? It's important what your daughter says, that she had the feeling, and that doesn't take anything away from your sincerity, obviously, it's feeling, that from the moment where you had your other children, she had been left behind. She's not wrong, I felt a little let go. I was so busy with... As they are very close, They are almost a year apart, It’s true that I was a little taken, because having two daughters at a young age, it’s work. This is not obvious. It's a different mental load. - Above all. For the mother-in-law, as Mélina says, it no longer exists since I'm not with him anymore. Bye bye mother-in-law. - This is information if you wanted to know. So. - This is information. Yes, this is information. Yes, I say that anyway. You know we're not there to influence decisions, but sometimes, we help people a little to hear better, to open their ears on what is said. I still see a young woman who complains, perhaps rightly so, that his dad is not enough... didn't show him enough love, his affection for years, especially when his other daughters are born. Then today, a dad who comes on a tray, which is not his habit, not the place where we feel most comfortable, express very strong feelings and tell her daughter that he loves her as much as his sisters and that it counts as much than his sisters for him. This is not trivial still hearing that when we had the feeling that our father didn't love us enough. Yes yes. After... Do you have trouble trusting him? - Yes a bit. For me, it's not too sincere, After, I do not know. Why would he do that? What other interest would he have to come? what if he wasn't sincere? To show oneself. To show oneself ? After... - You think it's so incredible to go to Bataille and Fontaine that it will value you, we will give you back medals, et cetera? He has more to lose than to gain by the way in this show, because tomorrow, colleagues will recognize it, say he has problems with his daughter, that she complained, that he was not a good father, enter into discussions and value judgments about him. I don't see much the interest he would have in submitting to it. He doesn't have the right role tonight. - Yes I know. It's easier for him to show himself, I don't think he's looking for that, but if he ever wanted to show himself, he could come make a declaration of love something a little crazy, a little pleasant, where he plays the handsome guy like that. There he comes to say that he was a failing father, he just asked you sorry, say he loves you, Once again, This is not the right role he has taken on. I am not sure let him come and show himself. Yes, I don't know. Do you doubt? - Yes. It's weird, we don't know each other, but I have daughters who are about your age. I know that at that age, at the end of adolescence, young women, it's never simple, all these moments. We doubt a lot of many things, we need to be reassured, but I have the impression what your father tells us of what happened four years ago, all of a sudden, a reflection on clothes and on jeans that are too short, or not covering enough, if I dare say, and who went live between you and which has meant that for four years, you don't talk to each other anymore. Four years is not nothing. This is not a 15-day argument. This somewhat adolescent behavior, I don't blame you for anything, that we can have when we are 15, 16 years old and we can't stand the slightest thought, especially on such sensitive things that his physique, his way of dressing, I understand very well, but today, you are four years older, you are a young woman, maybe try to calm down the relationship a little that you have with your father today, maybe this is a way that you should take growing up and getting older. No ? What do you have to lose since you asked what he would gain to be on this show? What do you have to lose by making up with him, today, at the end? Afterwards, we never been very close either. Yes, but is it too late to do well ? There is no more mother-in-law. I liked him before she had her children. Yes, but often it changes people a little when you become a mother. It's a decision that you will take soon, but I still feel blocked. Yes ? -What is he really asking? Are we reconnecting? Renew links and above all have a good understanding, like a father and his daughter, a father-daughter relationship, I think we can still say that you have taken this step, as a final step, because you have already tried a lot. Yes. - Then if Mélina leaves the curtain closed, that means she doesn't want to anymore at all have relations with you. Can we say it like that too? - Yes, we could see it like that. Afterwards, as I told you right now, it's his decision, it's her who is master of his decision, and in any case, whether positive or negative, I will accept it, the main thing being that I took the step. Only the future will tell us, as the saying goes. Mélina, do you already know what will you decide? Yes, but there will be conditions. So I'm going to ask you to stand up facing the curtain. You can exhibit quickly what would be conditions. If I open the curtain, we should go there little by little, because we never had real father-daughter relationships already, There. Just take it slowly, give myself time, just slowly. Do you open slowly? - Yes. That's it ? - Gently. We slowly open the curtain, Please. Take it easy, Aganon. Stop a little, stop. Very soflty, all in modesty, but you have to put your effort into it. - Yes. It's hard for a child to forgive his parents, because it is a part of you, your father, and it's a way to make yourself feel good. It's up to you to make your story and succeed. Softly, we heard it, like you just said. Good luck. Come on, be nice to daddy, with gentleness in all of this. Come on, this way. Be happy. - THANKS. It's a moment you've been waiting for, obviously, in the end of each of these new broadcasts, we return to a historical story from It's only the truth that counts. This evening, we're going to talk about Christophe with her dad, Christian. Christophe asked us to find his unknown father whom he had not seen for 18 years. We found Christian, his dad, and they met here for the first time, watch. Good evening. - How are you ? Good evening. - Sit down. Christophe, are you okay? - Yes, I am fine. Your story touched us so much. Thirteen years since you last spoke to your father, a somewhat complex story that Pascal will tell us in picture in a few moments, but we will say that following a complex divorce, your parents are separated and you decided at 18 to go live with your father for a while. I wanted to try, to know him. After he was very absent in your life, for almost 14 years. - Fifteen, after the divorce. There, it didn't go well at all. - No not at all. He came into my life and I turned away. He suddenly wanted to play the father? - Yes. While he was barely present before, and so it didn't suit you? No not at all. - There it was... It was a clash and I left. He kicked me out and I left on Paris, - He kicked you out of his house and since, you didn't see each other or talk. It's been going on for 13 years and you want to end it to this situation. Christopher's story and his father Christian, this chaotic story, with 14 years of absence, reunion and again 13 years of separation, we tell it right away. Christophe is a happy boy, surrounded by the love of his parents. Radiant child, always with a smile on your face, he enjoys happiness that his parents gave him. However, very quickly, this balance will be broken. At three years old, his parents no longer get along and decide to separate, Christophe will stay with mom. He grew up, and while he has just celebrated his 18th birthday, his father gets back in touch with him after 15 years of silence. A moving and calm reunion, where he discovers his half-brothers and sisters. Christophe leaves very quickly live with his father. Christian finds him a job, offers him his roof, but this reunion Wouldn't they have been too fast? A month later, Christophe already wants to leave. Christian takes it very badly. It's the break between the two again, barely known, already separated. Today, Christophe is 31 years old, he became a man. He regrets his mistakes and his 13 years still lost, far from her father. He finally wishes reconnect with your dad and take the time to get to know him without ever having to separate again. Christophe wants to say to Christian: “Dad, I miss you, give me one more chance" “to be part of your life.” Will Christian know erase the mistakes of the past and build a lasting relationship with his son ? We'll know soon. Moving images? - Yes. Some, notably when you were a child. How do we live without a father like that, when you are three years old, divorced parents, and that, for a very long time, do we see dad very little? We think about it a lot, we make up our minds, we forget, do we avoid talking about it? - It was a taboo subject. It has always been a taboo subject with mom, with the rest of the family. In your heart it was a lack who hurt? - I didn't necessarily have a lack, because I was raised by my father-in-law, who, today, holds a big place in my heart, and I didn't necessarily experience this lack. It's today that I got it. - That you have this lack. It's a piece of me and I need to know him. You talked about it with him when did you find him? Yes, certainly, but in 12 years, I deleted a lot of things from my memory. Since you were 18? - Yes. Have you forgotten what he said? Yes - For what ? Because I've been through a lot in 12 years which touched me a lot. Selective memory has done its job and I forgot a lot of things. What are you hoping for today of this approach facing this father that you know so little and who has been so much little present in your life? To get to know him, to establish a bond of father and son. Why our show? Why tonight? The things I'm going to tell him will perhaps be more important because I am on a television set. For what ? - I don't know, it's an image that... It will resonate at first. - So. Maybe it's easier, paradoxically, than to find yourself face to face with him, in a one-on-one room. We hope that it is found right now next to Daphné and he accepted the invitation, we also hope, above all, that your approach will meet his expectations. We'll leave you for a few moments. - See you soon. The curtain is closing, Pascal. - We let it close behind us and isolate the other part of the board to open the connection with Daphne. Daphne? - Yes, I'm with Christian. Good evening, Christian. - Good evening. Christian, you are an animator, you host weddings, you even did radio. Your purpose in life, it's still to bring happiness to people. Give happiness. You told me : "Now I don't know how to live it." Yes, because it will only be happiness. It is happiness since I arrived. I'm on cloud nine. It's time for you, Christian to go there with a determined step. Here we go ? - Yes. I ask you to stand up, please follow Sam, and the truth is just down the hall. - THANKS. Good evening, welcome. Let me introduce you to Laurent. Good evening. - Hi Christian, sit down. So, do you feel privileged? - Yes. We are the ones who are honored of your visit and you responded to the invitation of the person who is for now on the other side of the curtain, who wants to talk to you. Little idea? - Yes. Good or bad surprise? - Only good ones! Here, they are good overall, and there is no bad news. There are not any, That’s what I told myself from the start. Christian, do you want a clue? - Yes. According to the principle of the show... - He says yes to everything. He is well disposed, so much the better. Look, someone will ask you a question. Christian, with a magic wand, what wish would you grant? Do not be mistaken, there is only one wish. If I had a magic wand... to see someone again who I haven't seen in x year. Yes, with a magic wand, I will give happiness to everyone. Happiness to all, That's a beautiful wish. See someone again? You are thinking of a specific person or there are several people that you haven't seen for x years and that you would like to see again? Yes, one person, I have a doubt, but I prefer don't say anything yet. You would change things if you had a time machine which would avoid making mistakes or do different things? Oh dear, you are strong. I can not answer to this question, frankly. You are scaring me. Above all, we cannot change the past. - Yes. Fortunately or unfortunately. - So. We can't do it again, that's for sure. In any case, we can look the future positively and we can also look in screens to look through a curtain which for the moment is opaque, but who can actually become transparent, if you really want it, to see the person's face who wants to talk to you, Are you ready for this? - Yes. Let's go, Christian. - Yes. See the truth in the screens. How are you ? Yes. Do you know this face? Yes. Even if you haven't seen him much? - Yes. Are you okay, Christian? - Yes. Yes ? - Yes. So you know this face. - Yes. Your son ? - Yes. You seem very emotional to see Christophe on the screens. You have changed. How many years haven't you seen each other? The last time he was 18. He is 31. I know. Do you want to know what did your son come to tell you? Of course. Christopher, your dad listens to you. Good evening. If I brought you here, it's... this is to tell you that 12 years ago, I didn't give you a good image of myself. I was rebellious, I was young. As of today, I am 30 years old. I have my life, I built lots of things, I've been through a lot of things, and I still miss him one thing, and that thing is you, and if I brought you on this set, just to know if you would like let us reconnect, a real contact, let's take the time, that we don't do still errors and we do things right, and that's it, because I miss you, you are a piece of me and I can't deny that. I need to know you better than what we could have experienced few years ago. That's it that's all. Are you okay, Christian? - Breathe. You are not Christian. I think I'm in apnea. - For five minutes, It's starting to be difficult. In which image you stayed from Christophe When, unfortunately, 12, 13 years ago, this reunion went so badly. No, 12 years ago he thought it was he who made the bad image, but it's me who was not listening to him. On the contrary, you don't blame yourself, It's my fault, I'm hurt. I wasn't a father, I didn't know, I didn't know you. Then I didn't know how to listen to you. I was even very bad, I was bad. It's the past and I think we should not return to it. Personally, I don't want to look back on the past. I want us to start from scratch. We don't know each other, so we're going to learn to know each other little by little. Have you often thought at this meeting? Yes. You have often imagined it, hoped for, dreamed of? Dreamed, yes, of course, but a son, you realize, it's my blood. I rebuilt my life. I have a son that you know, I have a daughter too. Is he your oldest? Yes, it completes. I lost my father a month ago. your grandfather, that you didn't even know. It's a waste, waste, waste. A huge waste. We won't ruin anything anymore, I think. I don't want to spoil it. Christian, you can get up. You know the ritual of this show. There is on the other side of this curtain, a son over 30 years old, who doesn't know you and you don't really know and who, today, comes to try to start from scratch with you. Would you like to open this curtain, Christian? Yes, no more minutes. We open it right away. Go ahead, find it! I was going to say boys, because you are so similar, they look like two brothers. Thank you, that’s nice, it rejuvenates me. Lots of good things and we hope that these reunions, it's the right one and that you would never leave each other again. No thanks. By this, you are more to say to yourself. Bravo in any case! - THANKS. 20 years after their visit on our plateau, thank you for welcoming Christian, Ladies and gentlemen. Hi Christian. Are you okay, Christian? Barely changed. Barely changed! Apart from Pascal, we all gained weight. It was only him who remained a brat. - Yes. We still remember, Christian, we just saw her again this sequence that you have seen and reviewed, I imagine lots of times. We still remember, Pascal and I, we made the remark while looking, of your breath and your breathing, when the screen turns on, and you see your son's face who looks like you like two drops of water. You look like a bonsai, a mini me of you, and how you take breathing time. You're almost out of air when you see this image in the screen. You remember ? - Yes. Two minutes ago, I was the same. Yes ? - Yes. Stressed still there? It's hard. It's hard ? - It's very hard. Why is it hard? It was the biggest failure of my life. Christopher? - Yes. We didn't understand each other. Three times we got lost. The first one, by the separation of parents. Then I went to see him when I was 18. We didn't get along, because I played the directive father. I wanted to release it from the Paris region. I had him come to my house in Brittany. What you were already saying at the time. Then we broke up because... He had not the same system of life as us. Then thanks to your show, 17 years ago, you found me, then I said yes straight away. What happened afterwards? 17 years have passed, 17 years, that is to say we started again, then we had to build something coherent and solid between us. Why didn't it happen then? I can not to understand this separation. I had heart surgery in 2009, and since that date, I never saw Christophe again. He came every weekend, he was taking the plane, he came to find us, because I had moved. I lived near Cahors, and thereupon, Many times, I went to Paris, I went to his house, I rang, I knocked, I met all the right people, I had to find his house, because I didn't know where he lived, and since that day, unfortunately, I have no news from Christophe. I have no news at all, at all. I think it's for me. Hold. - THANKS. It was a glass of water 17 years ago, now this. If you want some, I'll bring you one, like before. Do you want some water? - No. A tissue is enough. One thing needs to be explained so that we understand the story well, it's that this man who is 48 years old now, he experienced things very sad, very serious in his life. The public doesn't know, but I'm going to say it this evening. The thing that happened, it's just the day where I got the phone call of your collaborator, Marion, At that time, like she found me and called Christophe to tell him: “We found your father.” He wanted to tell his mother. Unfortunately, on the same day, She died. She died, and when we did the show, I did not know and he knew about it. That's why that when you see him saying, the sentences that come out, they come from the heart and from love. That's why... I learned it later. It was another shock that he suffered, and afterwards, we couldn't build. It's very difficult to build when we constantly have failures, failures and failures. After a moment, I understand that he let go. I would have liked to do something. I am 68 years old now. I have a 34 year old son who has succeeded in life, I have a daughter who is beautiful, who had come from elsewhere and I have a wife, for 38 years I have been married to. It was great, who is Breton. You can't have all the qualities. - No. We kiss our Breton friends. I'm 68 years old, it's true. Maybe I'm in my head, but I am seriously ill, operated on three times on the heart. I do not want to go outside all my pathologies, but I plan to live at least up to 80, and the last 12 years of my life, I would like at least let everyone be together. Yes. This passage on the show tonight, it is also a way to send a message to Christophe? I'm making an appeal. 17 years later. He has my phone, he has everything, I haven't changed my phone since, and he can contact me tomorrow and even this evening, if he wants. There is Sonia who tried to... She's one of our journalists. Who stays in touch constantly, constantly. Who works with us 20 years later on the show that you had to find behind the scenes. You have a good team, even today. When you say, “This is the failure of my life.”, it's this relationship, you have two children with whom things go well, but it is this relationship, which will remain a permanent pain? Yes. While once again, there was attempts on both sides? It's not just him. When you have a wedding between a woman and a man, there are two families. There is family work, and then, there, it is better to choose his friends and his family. Unfortunately... Relatives don't always help. Yes, and family wanted me a lot, and my family too, of the separation from his mother. There have been many things who grafted themselves onto it, and Christophe was raised for 18 years with his mother only, So he didn't know... Just the sound of a bell. - Yes, and the second sound I wanted to make and for which you invited me, I played the director too quickly, the directive father, telling him, “You’re going to do this.” We found him a job, we got inside, but I didn't know how to listen to him. I couldn't hear his sadness in relation to the recent loss of his mother. There were lots of things. It came down to that. You have been so happy to see him again that maybe a little too much, all of a sudden, voracious. When we give too much love, we give errors too. Too much love kills love. It was going well, more or less. My wife adopted it immediately and I thank her. She was not a burden, on the contrary. - No. Rather, she helped. Really helped? - Yes really. Christian, would you like to enjoy to be here tonight, 17 years later, to send a message to Christophe, clearly speak to him, eye to eye, in the camera Only the truth matters ? Listen, Christophe, I hope you heard my message. I'm counting on you for a reaction from a man, that you call me and we see each other both if you want, and we meet and learn once and for all to love each other, to share our pleasures. Let's stop hurting ourselves. Thank you Christophe, I’m counting on you. Christian, we hope that this message will be heard, listened to, received and that you will soon give us some good news concerning Christophe and you. Each time, we do what we can. - Yes. We don't do miracles. - We will be messengers if we have news. THANKS. - Nothing is ever final in life. You know it better than anyone, and you know that nothing is ever completely finished. THANKS. - Thank you, we'll let you go. Thank you Laurent, thank you. Good luck. Go for it. Laurent, I wanted one more story after all these beautiful stories. Yes, but look at the clock. - Yes, it's too late. We're going to find Rebecca one last time. Rebecca and Sam in the dressing room. Thank you for accompanying us as good as every time. THANKS. You know it, Be careful on the roads. We find, Rebecca, starting next week with Sam, same place, same day, same channel to find a new number. We send you both big hugs. Have a good trip on the roads of France! THANKS. She's going to do it again many kilometers. Be happy. Stay on C8 this evening, thank you, see you soon.