David Douillet is on the front lines of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games The former judo champion, who later served as Minister of Sports under the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy, carried the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony of the sporting event and worked as RMC. consultant for the entire duration of the competition. While the former athlete was seen in the stands of the women’s basketball match in France against Germany, this Wednesday, August 7, together with his wife, Vanessa Carrara, the politician married for the first time in fifteen years with the name. Valerie Raoult.
After giving birth to three children together: Jérémie, 33, Myriam, 30, and Matteo, 26, the two exes married in 2001, before divorcing thirteen years later. A difficult separation for Valérie Raoult. “I know we’re not in a good relationship, but when someone tells you they don’t love you anymore, it hurts our self-image.she said in our columns in 2016. However, the general director of the BYTHEWAY agency does not feel any resentment towards her ex-husband. “We must remain kind. We do not share twenty years of our lives with one person by chance. We do not destroy another”, he trusted us. Before adding: “Replaying the game is a waste of time. About thinking about revenge, the stupidity that keeps you from moving forward. ”
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David Douillet: how did he meet his second wife Vanessa?
For ten years, David Douillet is now completely in love with Vanessa Carrera. The former judoka also met Blanche’s mother while he was still married to Valérie Raoult. “I was traveling in Ain on September 21, 2014, during lunch with sympathizers when I saw Vanessa for the first time. feminine ideal, but I did nothing to seduce her”he told our columns in 2015. Before he returned to his relationship with his ex-wife at the time: “It happened when I lived with my wife for twenty years. We were very complicit. But for several years, slowly, slowly but surely, without fights, without hatred, without criticism, we drifted towards each other.” A difficult separation that David Douillet does not regret today.
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