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In his latest interview with “Paris Match”, a few weeks before his death, Thierry Ardisson evoked his love for his third wife, his “soul mate”, Audrey Crespo-Mara, the “first person who really loves me,” he said.
She stayed by her side until the end. Audrey Crespo-Mara accompanied Thierry Ardisson until his last breath on Monday July 14: “Thierry left as he lived. As a courageous and free man, ”she announced. “With his children and mine, we were united around him. The host would certainly not have dreamed of a better company. In his latest interview with “Paris Match”, a few weeks before his death, Thierry Ardisson evoked his love with emotion to Audrey Crespo-Mara. Love arrived late – he was 60 years old when he met her, she 33 years old. But better late than never.
“It’s terrible to say, but I have the feeling that it is almost the first person who really loves me,” confided the man in black. And to explain: “Because my mother was a bit next to the plate. My other women, we loved each other, but with Audrey is really … “After a few tears, he finished his thought:” It’s really my soul mate. »»
“She reconciled me with the world”
Audrey Crespo-Mara saved Thierry Ardisson “from cynicism”. “Because she loves people. She has a benevolence that makes her succeed in her work, moreover. And it did me a lot of good, because I was a lonely bear that was shooting everyone. She reconciled me with the world. First with my children. Father of three children, Ninon, 36, Manon, 34, and Gaston, 29, born from his second marriage to Béatrice Loustalan, Thierry Ardisson was not very present for them.
“They lived in Normandy in a small stud farm that I had bought. And I called their mother every day to find out how they went. My whole relationship with them went through their mother. When I divorced, this is where Audrey intervened, ”he said. “One day, she said to me,” But you don’t see your children enough. What is this story? ” She organized lunches with them. And there, I’m going to cry because it’s huge. One day, I go to Normandy, where Béatrice lives, my ex-wife. In the morning, I go down at 6 am. And she said to me, “You’re lucky. She’s good, Audrey.” In fact, it was my three children who had told her about Audrey. »»