Raphaëlle Ricci celebrates her 56th birthday on February 14. What has become of the famous teacher of scenic expression for the past 15 years? Here is the violence she suffered, the love found, her couple, her reconversion and her activity…
Raphaelle Riccinicknamed “raffia“, born in Enghien-les-Bains (Val-d’Oise, France), is a French artistic coach who has marked the history of French television! How can we forget the charismatic stage expression teacher from the Star Academy? But what becomes of it? Here is everything you need to know regarding Raphaëlle Ricci, who turns 56 on February 14.
The latest information on Raphaëlle Ricci
Will Raphaëlle Ricci return to Star Academy?
While a new season of Star Academy was announced in 2023 following its successful comeback, Raphaelle Ricci would she be ready to come back? Nothing is less sure. Already in 2021, she had shone with her absenceon the set of the show tribute to 20 years of Star Academybroadcast on TF1. But why was the unforgettable stage expression teacher, strict but endearing, not there?
The main interested party had revealed the reasons for his absence on his facebook account:If I didn’t want to go to the next Star Academy 20th anniversary bonuses, it’s not because I’m embitteredit’s not because I spit in the soup, it’s not because I deny six years of my life nor is it because I am angry with anyone… No, none of that and nothing juicy to give as a reason, I just turned the page! I think it’s pretty clear and simple to understand“.
Is Raphaëlle Ricci the aunt of a former Star Ac’ candidate?
During the new season of Star Academy, broadcast in the fall of 2022, it did not escape some viewers that the candidate Carla had the same surname as the former stage expression teacher, Ricci ! It was enough to launch the rumor that it was part of the family of Raphaëlle Ricci. Hallway noises that visibly annoyed the main interested party, since the former Star Academy professor set the record straight on her Instagram account in an ironic tone: “Indeed, Carla is my niece!… My darling niece whom I don’t know and since I don’t have TF1 anymore, I don’t even know what she looks like. So to those who invent and affirm, who peddle and invective and who sometimes even end up insulting… you should try real life! Get out of your screens.
Raphaëlle Ricci, threatened at Star Academy
The former emblematic professor of Dammarie-les-Lys castle taught students how to be charismatic on stage for six seasons. But if Raphaëlle Ricci does not regret her passing through the Star Academy, she nevertheless had a good time. The teacher, who did not lack franchise, did not hesitate to make constructive criticisms of the performances of the students, which were sometimes difficult to accept. At point make the tears flow many candidates during the mythical prime debriefs. A severity which earned him to be unloved by some of the viewers.
“For the people (…) I was a very naughty teacher. I received menaces (…) it was very complicated to manage“, she explained to Tele-Leisure. Raphaëlle Ricci therefore decided to leave the program before the 8th season: “It was not possible for me to imagine that people might want to kill me. They certainly wouldn’t have taken action, but when the production decides to put bodyguards available 24 hours a day it must have been serious“.
What happens to Raphaëlle Ricci?
After leaving the show, the daughter of the composer Alice Donut published his autobiography I won’t sing tonight. Then, she decided to share her skills with people, by becoming coach in media-training, public speaking and stage expression, particularly in the Grandes Ecoles.
Since July 2021, Raphaëlle Ricci is also sophrologist. “I got seriously interested in sophrology during confinement because, like many of us, the overall atmosphere of this unprecedented context has generated a certain amount of stress in me. I then decided to follow a complete formation of sophrology“, we read on its site.
Raphaëlle Ricci: psychological violence, companion, daughter…
Regarding his personal lifethe expert in scenic expression is mother of a daughter named Alexane34 years old, and is married since 2016 to Laurent Foulon, host of musical evenings. Before finding a shoe that suited her, Raphaëlle Ricci had been the victim of psychological violence by her ex-companion, Vladimir. On a daily basis, she sufferedinsults, humiliation“, she confided in ELLE.
“It is sly and it always happens in private. In public, he is a very funny man whom people like very much. Plus, with the bad image I had because of Star Academy, everyone thought I was the pain in the ass! So I said little regarding it. My relatives told me ‘you’re not easy, he takes great care of you’ (…) In private, it was someone violent who threw tantrums for anything. He was completely moody and went from one excess to another“, she added. Fortunately, that past is now behind her.