“I was told it was a tumor, then…”

It’s in front of the cameras Seven to Eight on TF1 that Hélène Ségara agreed to speak at length this Sunday, May 5. Faced with journalist Audrey Crespo-Mara, the 53-year-old artist therefore returned to the irreversible and very poorly identified eye disease from which she has suffered since April 2013. She took the opportunity to address the consequences it has today on her life, starting with the harassment she suffered.

What disease does Hélène Ségara suffer from?

If it all started in 2013 for Hélène Ségara, she assures us, it was in 2022 that things got worse. “I woke up one morning with a curtain literally in front of my eyes, not understanding what was happening to me”first told the artist in front of the camera. “I have had around twenty operations in total, 22 in total I think”, she added. Before continuing: “And then two years ago, everything changed again. I realized that I was really losing one of my eyes (…) I could no longer have a normal daily life (…) I was especially losing both eyes”. A descent into hell that medicine still cannot explain.

And as proof, to the question “What are you fighting against?”the interpreter of There are too many people who love you responds straight away: “If only I knew.”. And it’s up to her to declare almost fatalistically: “At first, I was told it was a tumor, then they said it was multiple sclerosis for two years. Then I heard all kinds of things (…) In fact, I don’t know still not sure what I’m up against but in any case, I try everything”.

Hélène Ségara was forced to leave France

She confides it without disguise, today, Hélène Ségara only sees with one eye. The emblematic juror of France has an unbelievable talent has in fact lost the use of his right eye, which has considerably disrupted his daily life and his vision of life. “I want to enjoy every moment, love a lot, eat delicious things, cook for those I love. I want to see everything, watch everything while I can”confided the one who recently celebrated her 25th career but who still had to cut her tour short because of her health problems. “I think I was a bit of a Mother Teresa to a lot of people around me who thought I was a bottomless pit, meaning there were people who called me at any time of the day or night (…) I wanted to surround myself with people who not only take, but who also know how to give. And I took a lot of time to do that. to understand”she concluded.

Concerning the harassment she suffered, particularly on social networks, following her change in appearance, Hélène Ségara also made some confessions. “From the moment we lose our sight, our eyes desperately seek light, so there were a few television shows where I found myself with squints that I couldn’t control. And on the networks, people are extremely violent “, she began. Before recounting having to leave France for a while: “That’s what led me to go abroad for a while because I didn’t want to be followed and harassed. Every time I was in the hospital, I was followed right to the hospital gates. “.