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Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine says weight comments made her feel pressured to explain
Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine said she felt pressured to explain her weight loss after comments about her appearance.
The French presenter described the experience on Nora Hamzawi’s podcast, En apparence.
The remarks came during a public exchange on C à vous, where journalist Marc-Olivier Fogiel said she had lost weight.
Lemoine said she could choose whether to answer similar questions in private, but felt she had to respond in front of a large audience.
She started exercising in 2019 because she was very stressed and increased her activity during the Covid pandemic.
She says exercise has helped her sleep, breathe and feel better, without needing to follow a diet.
She says weight can change over time, and her comments highlight how questions about someone’s body can put them under pressure.
Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine said comments about her weight loss made her feel pressured to explain herself.
She described the pressure during an appearance on Nora Hamzawi’s podcast En apparence on 22 October.
The comments followed Marc-Olivier Fogiel’s remark about her weight on the C à vous set on 2 September.
Lemoine said she began exercising in 2019 because she was too stressed.
She said exercise has improved her sleep, breathing and back pain, and lets her enjoy food without dieting.
- Who
- Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine, presenter of C à vous.
- What
- She said remarks about her weight loss made her feel she had to justify herself.
- When
- She discussed it on 22 October; the remark that prompted the discussion was made on 2 September.
- Where
- On Nora Hamzawi’s podcast En apparence; Fogiel made the remark on the C à vous set.
- Why
- Fogiel commented that she had lost weight, and she felt pressure to explain herself in front of an audience.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Nora Hamzawi launched her podcast En apparence.
Marc-Olivier Fogiel commented on Lemoine’s weight on the C à vous set.
Lemoine discussed the remark and her feelings about it on En apparence.
Articles about Lemoine’s comments were published.
- Podcast
- En apparence, hosted by Nora Hamzawi
- Remark date
- 2 September 2026
- Exercise began
- 2019
- Age
- 56
- Commentator
- Marc-Olivier Fogiel
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What people are saying
But there, I felt I had to justify myself. I felt trapped.
It’s true that life is what makes us lose or gain weight.
Now I sleep better, my back hurts less, I breathe better.