Evelyne Thomas celebrates her 59th birthday on January 21. The journalist and host has led a fine career on the radio but also and especially on television. Very discreet, we have known her for the time she has been on our screens, without really knowing her. Private life, house, love, we tell you everything you need to know about her.
She was one of the favorite presenters of the French in the 2000s with her emblematic show It’s my choice. She then became a key face on the TNT channels (NRJ 12 and Chérie 25). Who is the man who shares his life? How much does she earn? Where does she live ? You will know everything about Evelyne Thomas, who turns 59 on January 21, 2023.
Where is Evelyne Thomas from?
She is born in 1964 in Perpignan. She doesn’t see her father very often. He is a professional soldier and frequently on mission far from the family home. No brother or sister, she had a very lonely childhood with her mother, Jany. At the age of 15, she lives alone in Lille for her studies and her parents are in Belgium. She suddenly lost her mother at the age of 20. “It’s painful to talk about” she told the magazine Audience. “My mother transferred many of her desires to me. Having a very demanding mother can be complicated” she added.
Evelyne Thomas and her private life: who is her ex-husband?
Evelyne Thomas has become very mysterious about her private life since her very eventful break in 2006 with her ex-husband: Christophe Aigrisse. At the time of the separation, she accused him of telephone harassment. If his complaint was dismissed before the Court of Appeal, the father of her daughter, Lola (born in 2001), was no longer able to work in television following this story. Which must not have arranged their relationship. “When I was looking for a job in France after my separation with Evelyne and my employers were looking at who I was on the Internet, it wasn’t really positive for me. Nobody hired me in the television industry“, he confided to Gala.
They had met on the set of It’s my choice. Their relationship had been revealed by the journalist. She must have thought that it was not the right formula, given the result, and since then she has been much less talkative about her private life.
Evelyne Thomas and her TV career: this blunder on the air
She told the anecdote on the set of Do not touch My TV. It was at the time of It’s my choice, when the theme was about jogging attire. “Suddenly, I see a woman arrive and I say to her: ‘Hello Jeanine, you are such an age, you live in…, you are pregnant“… The problem, the witness was not expecting a happy event. She replied to the host: “No, I just have a few pounds to lose“. Embarrassed, Evelyne Thomas immediately made up for it by talking about her overweight after her pregnancy and the thoughts she had at the time.
Evelyne Thomas: the falling out with Jean-Luc Delarue
She was the little queen of the PAF at the time. His program on France 3 where people came to testify on serious or very light subjects was a hit. She even met her husband there. Unfortunately, Evelyne Thomas got along badly with the late Jean-Luc Delarue, the producer. In Hello earthlings, she had told that Christophe Aigrisse (producer and ex-companion) had given her very bad advice: that of setting up her own production company. And it is this news that would have scrambled the presenter with her mentor. Result, in spite of the excellent hearings, it stops It’s my choice in 2004 to the chagrin of the public.
“I fall from the clouds. It’s not the truth, it’s her truth and she wears it on television without me being able to retaliate, it’s totally unfair“, had however reacted his ex.
With her strong notoriety, Evelyne Thomas was however able at the time to land a lucrative contract for a campaign for the Garnier brand.
Where does Evelyn Thomas live?
Evelyn Thomas has for a long time shared his life between Corsica and Paris, but impossible to know if it is still relevant. In 2019, she suffered a trauma: her vehicle was found completely charred. And according to the first elements of the investigation, it is a criminal act. She was parked in a parking lot near his Napoleon residence, in Ile-Rousse. She published many photos of her on the Isle of Beauty over the years but then abruptly stopped… Did she change her base following the fire? The mystery remains intact.
Evelyne Thomas was Marianne
A sign of his immense popularity at the time, Evelyne Thomas was the face of Marianne in 2003, one of the symbols of France. “It touches me, because since I made It’s my Choice, I fight for the right to be different. I’m glad people get the message“, she confided at the time in VODsaying to himself “flabbergasted, stunned” but proud to be recognized as “close to people“.
An honor, unique, that the host shares with Brigitte Bardot, Laetitia Casta, Mireille Mathieu or the actress Catherine Deneuve. The bust of the host, made by the sculptor Daniel Druet, was then to be found in no less than 38,000 town halls in France!
What becomes of Evelyne Thomas?
The host has worked in recent years for Chérie 25 on unreleased numbers of It’s my choice. In 2020, she hosted an eponymous program for the Non Stop People channel, which has since closed, however, depriving her of the air.
