LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP French astronaut Thomas Pesquet was able to call Belgian singer Stromae from space to discuss mental health. Illustrative photo.
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French astronaut Thomas Pesquet was able to call Belgian singer Stromae from space to discuss mental health. Illustrative photo.
PEOPLE – A personal discussion between two celebrities, from space. On the occasion of the publication of his autobiographical book My life without gravity, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet was invited this Wednesday October 18 on the set of C to you on France 5. While he was questioned about his relationship with celebrity, the Norman, beloved by the French, told a personal anecdote.
“From the space station, NASA and the European agency allow us to call personalities,” he explains before declaring: “I called Stromae, already because I like what he does, and because I had seen a video where he talked about his burnout and his relationship with fame”
The astronaut explains that the Belgian artist “had this kind of guilt because he lives from the love of people: it’s very positive, but at the same time, it weighs heavily on him,” he summarizes. Stromae has spoken many times, in interviews and in song, about his relationship with mental health, in connection with both his illness and his celebrity. Last year, he confided that he had seriously considered ending his life during an artistic performance on the 8 p.m. news, presenting his title “ Hell.”
“I don’t like to say no”
“Quite honestly, it resonated with me a little,” breathes Thomas Pesquet. The astronaut then explained that he was contacted from all sides after his first mission.
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“I don’t like to say no,” he then confided. “I like to please and all the good causes in the world have asked me to help them. God knows there are some: sick children, the environment, things we can’t refuse… But we can’t say yes to everyone.”
The most experienced European astronaut says he was close to burnout. “I found myself sacrificing all my time with my loved ones and family. I was coming back from a mission and two years of training because I couldn’t say no and protect myself. »
He cites in particular the example of“a sick little girl who asks for a five-minute video. It’s only five minutes, but when there are two hundred, it’s not possible. I found myself in this situation and I didn’t handle it very well.”
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