“At school, I was criticized for being pretending”

You produce the lexicon of dyslexics. Can you introduce us to this TV series in a few words?

How does a child react “dys” disorders with impacts on reading, calculation, orientation …? In these small four-minute episodes, the humorist Stéphane de Groodt, himself dyslexic, goes to meet them to make us aware of this handicap which affects nearly 7 million people in France.

What does this series reveal from you?

A scoop! It was by inviting my mother to watch the first episode that she exclaimed: “But, you too were” dys “! As a child, I had to fight to know my multiplication tables, while at school, I was criticized for being losing.

The person who counted the most in your family?

Paul, my paternal grandfather. Pupil of the state, this illiterate peasant taught me how to make links with others and respect nature.

A gene that you are happy to have inherited?

He also gave me his joie de vivre. He finally transmitted to me a reasoned optimism that I try to transmit to my children and grandchildren.

You have three days, a backpack and no car. Where are you going?

Go around Mont-Blanc, a large hiking loop of 170 km around the Alpine massif. It would be the fourth time …

A place you dream of telling?

Les Tours Labourdette, dating from the early 1960s, in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône). Immerse yourself in the daily lives of residents of these 500 dwellings, see how the links of hospitality and conviviality are cultivated. In fact, it is a project on which I already work …

Pope Francis gives you an audience. What question burns your lips?

Does believing in God bring him calm and consolation? This was the case for me when I had to face the death of my Patrice husband, following cancer, and the suicide of Laurent, my little brother.

For you, Jesus, it’s …

The embodiment of the best of humanity. It is for each of us a model of accomplishment.

We offer you immortality. Do you sign?

No. I prefer to think that the finitude of our terrestrial lives calls for refocusing on the essentials.