2023-11-26 16:00:05
Samuel Etienne in October 2022. NATHALIE GUYON/FTV
Host, journalist, streamer Samuel Etienne, 52, had his children quite late, at least on the scale of someone who started thinking about them very early. Malo and Solal are 7 and 3 years old respectively. Their father, host of “Questions for a Champion”, who launched his channel on Twitch, the live video platform, in 2020, and has developed several successful shows there, devotes all his free time to them. Which is still too little for his taste.
The first time you felt like a father?
Right away, from birth. I was waiting for this moment so much! Since adolescence, it was obvious to me: I was going to have children. I had parents who were not very present – my father was a business manager and managed several fishmongers, my mother did the accounting. I had a little brother and a little sister. We didn’t lack anything, but I still missed my parents a little. Even though I understood that quantity was not quality, I would have liked to see a little more of them. I had the feeling of growing up in a privileged environment, materially and emotionally. I wanted to reproduce the responsibility that I had seen my parents take on, but to experience it differently.
Have you ever cried in front of your children?
No not yet. I cry at the cinema or when I read the written press.
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Worst thing you’ve said to your children?
I have one fault, especially since I became a streamer: I swear a lot. Solal told me: “Dad, I told the teacher that you say “damn” a lot. »
Worst thing your children have said to you?
Sometimes, when things don’t go the way they want, there is a little rejection from children, which can take the form of “I don’t like you.” Because I often let the mother make the least pleasant decisions, the ones that are annoying, I have often heard them say this to their mother. When she hears these words, she must suffer. I should take more responsibility for my part in creating the child’s frustration.
The mania that annoyed you in your parents and which you still reproduce?
Very early on, my parents made me aware of the question: “What are you going to do when you grow up?” » My parents came from a modest background and worked a lot, we were truly in a meritocracy. The “You work for yourself” speech was very present at home. I realize that I started very early to say it, in my own way, to my children: “Think about this job which will bring you a lot of pleasure and for which you need to work well at school from NOW. » I lack subtlety in my approach. Said to a 4-year-old child, it’s heavy, and my pro-school speech leads to doubtful reactions…
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