- Régis, 40, was eliminated from Koh-Lanta, the island of heroes, at the gates of the final.
- "I am solely responsible for my elimination," he analyzes coldly.
- Affected by hate messages from part of the public, he claims to be able to step back. On the other hand, he is disturbed by "the insults towards [his] relatives who, themselves, have asked absolutely nothing".
No Koh-Lanta final for Régis. In the episode broadcast this Friday on TF1 the quadragenarian of the Yonne was eliminated by his cronies during the last council before the orientation. But in recent weeks, it is unfortunately in his daily life that he has gone through the worst ordeal. Part of the public took it in flu compared to its choices and attitudes in the play and let him know it, in particular through the social networks. Régis was the target of hate messages, including death threats, so that the production had to intervene and contemplate legal proceedings. 20 Minutes has collected its secrets.
How are you ? These last weeks have been trying for you ...
It's going very well, thank you. You just have to know how to ignore all that. It is harder to live for my family than for me, but unfortunately, we have no choice.
Did you end up "getting used to" these hateful messages, so to speak?
As a candidate, with the image that is sent to the public and the interpretation that people can make of it, there are insults towards me, which absolutely do not affect me. They are unfortunately part of the game. And then there are the insults towards my close relations which, them, asked strictly nothing. Here we come out of the game. Admitting that insults towards a candidate are part of the game.
Many other candidates have shown their support for you ...
Yes, and that's the paradox of the thing: people have a lot of hatred following the elimination of so and so while between us, everything is going very well. There is no bitterness among the candidates this season. We chat a lot through WhatsApp or phone, there is a lot of respect and friendship. I have received a lot of support from participants this year or other seasons. There is real solidarity around this.
Is it true that you are under the protection of the gendarmes, as some media have indicated?
This has been amplified. I explained that following my complaint, the gendarmes took the matter very seriously. In villages like the one where I live the gendarmerie often makes rounds. The gendarmes therefore make more frequent patrols, but I am not under police protection contrary to what some media say.
Do you regret having participated in the program?
What I find unfortunate is that it's been a few minutes that we talk and we only talk about it and not the adventure itself. That's what bothers me a little. After that, I have no regrets, I don't make my living based on what people think. They believe that there is always a good guy and a bad guy when we know that things are more complicated than that. It is a pity that some do not take a step back.
Regarding your elimination from the board, do you still think that Claude betrayed you or, with hindsight, do you understand his approach?
At the time, I take it very badly because Claude and I used to talk about strategy when there was no one around us. In this case, the day before the council, he woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me that he would not vote against me, whereas beforehand, he had warned me that he was considering voting against me. I believed it. But if I blame someone, it's mostly me. I spent my time distrusting Claude because he is a strategist and intelligent and, like an idiot, I gave him my confidence when it was the thing not to do. I don't know why, maybe the fatigue, and I fell with both feet in it. But I only want it for myself. I am solely responsible for my elimination.
Is there anything you would do differently if you had the opportunity?
I would cut social media and change the names of my loved ones. They too were taken to task following the publication of my surname on Twitter. I might also do things differently in front of the cameras. I would be more nuanced. I made my adventure without worrying about the image that I could send back. Knowing that it is a game where there are athletes, strategists, sociable. I played it strategy and alas, in Koh-Lanta , it's a bad word when it is an integral part of the game. On my contract, it wrote "adventure and strategy game". I took it literally. At the sporting level, I didn't think I would be picking it up as much, but I was completely.
What do you remember from this adventure?
Surpassing oneself. It's a boat as an answer, I agree. But between imagining not eating, sleeping on the ground, surviving the rain ... and living it is completely different. Human encounters, too. It is something that I really did not see coming because, on a daily basis, I am not really in the affect, but I discovered great people. And at some point, when you have to choose between so and so, it hurts. I let myself be overwhelmed by that. I first thought with my heart, with the result we know, I should have been wary of that.
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