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Jean-Marie Le Pen betrayed: the day his wife Pierrette left him for his biographer
If in politics all shots are allowed, there are personal injuries that are harder to take. The founder of the National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, experienced one when his wife Pierrette left him for his biographer in 1984.
In politics, there is no not uncommon to see betrayals. In his own party, in his entourage and even in his family. Among the Le Pens, it could even be a habit. The latest being the rallying of Marion Maréchal to Éric Zemmour that Marine Le Pen experienced as a real betrayal. But the one that marked the Le Pen clan is the departure from Pierrette’s family home, Jean-Marie’s wife. The latter left her family to live with her husband’s biographer, journalist Jean Marcilly, on October 10, 1984. I don’t wish that on anyone, not even my worst enemy “, confided the founder of the National Front to the Point, one day. The said journalist will then explain in his book, Le Pen without headbandhow complicated it had been for him to gain the confidence of Jean-Marie Le Pen.
A torn family
After this departure, the three Le Pen daughters, aged 25, 22 and 17, take up the cause for their father. It must be said that the latter hammers at them that their mother is manipulated. At the time, he liked to talk a little too much about her, insisting, in particular, on the fact that he cut her off. Furious at these statements, Pierrette Lalanne, who took back her maiden name, replied posing very naked in the magazine Playboy June 10, 1987, less than a year before the presidential election. The candidate then supports these photos very badly.
Other “betrayals” over the years
Over the years, the National Front and then the National Rally have had their share of “betrayals”. The latest comes from Marion Maréchal. The granddaughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen and niece of presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has chosen to support Éric Zemmour rather than his aunt. The daughter of the patriarch, who has long been close to her niece, never hid from having lived this rallying like a betrayal. What Marion Maréchal refuted : “I don’t feel like I’ve betrayed anyone, whether it’s the voters or the rest “, she declared to the Grand Jury on RTL, LCI and the Figaro, on March 13.
Article written in collaboration with 6Médias