On the occasion of the release of his autobiography, entitled My life without gravity, published by Flammarion, Thomas Pesquet went to the set of C à vous, on France 5, Wednesday October 18, 2023. The opportunity for the famous astronaut to confide about his career, but also about his personal life. “Professional life is already complicated. On the weekend, you take a train on Friday evening, you arrive at 11 p.m., so Friday evening doesn’t exist. And on Sunday at 2 p.m., you’ve already left. Your weekend only lasts a day and a half. Once is no big deal, but when it’s like this every weekend for ten years, it gets tiring.”, he confided. So, he came close to burnout. From space, Anne Mottet’s companion then called a famous singer to ask him for help… Stromae!
In complete transparency, Thomas Pesquet declared: “I saw a video he made where he talked about his burnout and the relationship with fame, where he had this kind of guilt, because he lives on the love of people. At the same time, it’s very positive, but at the same time it weighs heavily on him because it changes a lot of things. And how it was all tangled up and at one point, he hadn’t managed to get out of it.” Quite quietly, the astronaut revealed that the weight of fame could be heavy to bear. “I don’t like to say no, I like to please. All the good causes in the world have asked me to help them. God knows there are some – sick children, the environment… – things you can’t refuse. But we can’t say yes to everyone, it’s physically impossible”he indicated.
Thomas Pesquet: “I didn’t experience it very well”
“I found myself sacrificing all my time with my loved ones and family when I came back from a mission and two years of training, because I couldn’t say no and protect myself”assured Thomas Pesquet, before entrusting Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine and its chroniclers: “You have to agree to refuse, it obviously hurts your heart. A sick little girl who asks for a 5-minute video. It’s only 5 minutes, but when there are 200. It’s not possible. I found myself in that situation and I didn’t handle it very well.”
2023-10-20 00:37:20
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