"When he recovers, he gets leukemia. " : Stéphane Tapie describes the death of her mother Michèle Layec

how to say goodbye to youis the title of Stéphane Tapie’s autobiography, published on January 12. In this book, he mainly talks about his relationship with his father, his difficult character and struggle with illness, and his disappearance in October 2021. However, Bernard Tapie’s son also mentions that his late mother Michèle Layec died of leukemia after a long time. addiction to alcohol consumption. “I realized very early that he was an alcoholic. Since alcoholism is super taboo, I didn’t talk to my dad about it.He sang on Sud Radio’s microphone on Friday, January 20.

After several failed treatments, Michèle Layec announced to her son that she would follow the last one, and finally “patient“.”When he gets out, he gets leukemia. When we have to start a new life, an even more disastrous one comes. I blame this illness for accidentally ruining our relationship and my childhood. I was her only man, I had to stay with her. That was one of the reasons I never saw my father. I felt invested in staying with him until I was 12-13.“he told Stéphane Tapie, who said in his book that he said very harsh words to Bernard Tapie at the time of his mother’s death.”For three days I kept repeating to my father, ‘Why isn’t it you?’ it was so hard to hear“, He wrote.

“We rebuild ourselves by telling ourselves that we have become this way because of or because of it. (…) You live with it and then you learn to make your weaknesses stronghe added. on January 19 closerStéphane Tapie “turned out to be”traumatized“with his mother’s alcoholism:”I couldn’t manage to drink a drop. I find it unbearable to be around someone who smells of alcohol. I associate this fragrance with very violent moments.“.

hugo mallais