Iconic host of TF1, Laurence Boccolini celebrates her 67th birthday this Friday, May 8. One day of celebration, in full confinement, which she will certainly benefit with her little daughter Willow and her husband, Mickaël Fakaïlo. Together, the presenter and the former Mister Tahiti have lived a love without a hitch for almost sixteen years.
This Friday, May 8, in full containment and just like another great PAF lady, Laurence Boccolini celebrates its 67th anniversary. Mom filled with a little Willow, aged 6, the winner of the first season of Mask Singer is also a fulfilled bride in the arms of Mickaël Fakaïlo, twenty years younger. Between them, it all started during the election of Mister France 2003, to which the latter, crowned Mister Tahiti a few months earlier, participated (he also won the title of second runner-up). The presenter was then far from imagining that one day she would fall under the spell of the handsome young man. “I was coming out of a breakup, I did not have the head with that, especially with a boy younger than me “, she said to Gala. First accomplice friends, Laurence Boccolini and Mickaël Fakaïlo quickly became inseparable, despite their opposite characters. The kindness and maturity of the Polynesian seduced her.
On July 31, 2004, the presenter said “Yes” for life to the chosen one of his heart. And this, after a first union according to the Tahitian tradition. They joined the church of Presles-en-Brie, in Seine-et-Marne, decorated with branches of cherry trees and rose petals. Because, for his wedding, the former presenter of Weak link bet on romanticism, opting for a dress sewn to measure in London, signed Basia Zarcycka, with a bare back and generous neckline, embroidered with flowers and decorated with Calais lace. All accompanied by a tiara. Crazy about her beautiful, the young groom joined her in the garment with an immaculate white suit. Among the guests, Marianne James, Jean-Pierre Foucault and even Gérard Louvain. All were present for this great day. And if Laurence Boccolini could count on Lorna, her bridesmaid and the sister of Mickaël Fakaïlo, she also relied on the blessing of her stepfather, who led her to the altar on behalf of the presenter’s deceased father. This day placed under the sign of love, but also of fairyland (“We have recreated Versailles in Seine-et-Marne. The courtyard less!”, joked the bride in our columns) was immortalized by Gala through rare shots.
A strategy to “be quiet once and for all”
Images that Laurence Boccolini does not regret having shared, she who prefers to cultivate mystery around her personal life. On the contrary, it was there of a strategy to appease the curiosity of some. “On our wedding day, we took photos for a magazine, just to be quiet once and for all“, she confided in the columns of 7 Days TV in 2017. Satisfied since their marriage, Mister Tahiti is a new man and can count on the discretion of his wife. “Even if he remains the dolphin of Mister France, my husband has changed a bit, and we don’t recognize him! He works, I won’t tell you where, and we give him a royal peace“said the latter.
Photo credits: COADIC GUIREC / BESTIMAGE
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