Daniela Lumbroso Turns 60: Childhood, Surgery, Family and Song

Happy Birthday Daniela Lumbroso! The TV host (and mother of three girls) is celebrating her 60th birthday on August 18. The star of Chabada, a cult music show on France 3, hasn't aged a bit...Secrets and Anecdotes.

  Daniela Lumbroso Turns 60: Childhood, Surgery, Family and Song

She is a bubbly host who has marked several generations, a wise producer, but also a fulfilled mother... Daniela Lumbroso celebrates this Wednesday, August 18, 2021 its 60 spring! Featured in the cultural programs of France Televisions from the 90s, the presenter made the heyday of France 3 from 2009 to 2013 with Chabad , a show of songs that no one has forgotten. Now leading the production of Come on, I'll take you presented by Laury Thilleman, the star of TV shows continues her career behind the scenes of the small screen.

His turbulent childhood in Ivory Coast

Born in Tunis in 1961, Daniela Lumbroso grew up first in the city of Mahdia before setting sail with her parents. in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. But her first steps in West Africa were more complicated than she imagined. As she entered the Ivorian school with ' three weeks late, the young girl, then aged seven years , was not well received by her comrades. An episode from her childhood that she remembered for Paris Match in 2015: 'As soon as I arrive, the color of my skin creates surprise: I am the only white woman among the Ivorian students. Lined up like the others in a row of onions before entering class, I suddenly receive a slap . A very tall girl then throws at me: ''The slave trade is your fault!'' .
Therefore, she received 'blows, insults and jostling ' until another student intervenes. She will begin her studies in France in 5th grade in Paris.

First TV appearance at age 7

TV is a great love story for Daniela Lumbroso... who made her first television appearance at just seven years old. Bilingual (French and Italian) , she then had to wish a happy new year in each of the two languages.

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Animator then producer

Daniela Lumbroso fell in love with radio and then with the small screen. After beginnings at the microphone of France Inter in L'Oreille en Coin in 1984, she started at Antenna 2 in 1987 next to Laurent Ruquier where she hosted J them without borders , participated in launch of LCI in 1994, appeared on TF1 , became a star of France Télévisions by presenting cultural variety shows like Song number 1, Chabada or event evenings such as The music festival.
In 2003, she created her own production company named Website Prod with which she produced from 2005 many shows that she also hosts.
Today less present on television, the star confided to Tele-Leisure in 2020 her desire to find her cap as a presenter. 'I am very ready to become an animator again . But I want the right project. What I would like is to be able to present a program produced by someone else, and open myself up to another domain, not necessarily that of song ' , she explained.

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A 45 RPM... and then goes

Between two broadcasts, the journalist tried her hand at singing in 1988. Under the pseudonym of Coco Boer , she recorded a 45 Tours whose title is none other than What's With Riguediguedon .

Daniela Lumbroso, sous le bitouri?

The one who is celebrating her 60th birthday today revealed her opinion on cosmetic surgery during an interview for Paris here in 2019. If Daniela Lumbroso never gave in to the scalpel, she wouldn't necessarily be against: ' I myself do not rule out having one day a facelift , At 60 or 70, we are still active and we don't want to be marginalized because of our wrinkles or sagging skin.'
However, she has not yet taken the plunge for fear of undergoing a failed operation. ' I say this today, but when the time comes, I don't know if I will dare because I am very afraid . Most women who have cosmetic surgery overdo it or have it badly done and I find that sad […] The worst is the failed mouths . Just looking at them hurts!' she told the magazine two years ago.

Who is his companion Eric Ghebali?

Daniela Lumbroso shares her life with Eric Ghebali, the father of his daughters Flora and Carla . He also started a career as a journalist by co-founding the magazine Globe in 1985 then International mail in 1989 . Alongside Julien Dray and Harlem Désir, he founded the association SOS Racism in 1984 and became its secretary general until 1990. Yet close to members of the Socialist Party, Eric Ghebali did not go into politics. He works in parallel for the Suez company and finds himself involved in the Elf affair for which he is indicted. Since then, the lover of the presenter has been more discreet, appearing all the same a few times on the arm of his companion during public outings.

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His relationship with François Hollande

Due to her love affair with Eric Ghebali, Daniela Lumbroso rubbed shoulders with a few political figures, starting with the former head of state Francois Hollande . 'Eric founded SOS racism with Harlem Désir and Julien Dray who became two personalities of the PS. With them, there was a young enarque: François Hollande. They evolved together', she told Tele Obs in 2015.
Accused of favoritism because of her relationships a few years ago, she then tapped the point on the table to set things straight: ' These people weren't in power for all the years I made my career . When I started I didn't know Eric, when we met I was already on TV!'

Her daughter Lola Bessis has endometriosis

Daniela Lumbroso is also the proud mother of Lola Bessis , born of a previous romance with the lawyer Jean Louis Bessis . Aged 28, Lola, who became an actress, screenwriter and director, revealed that she suffered from endometriosis in February 2021... She confided in Marie Claire about the evil that has been gnawing at her for many years.
' As a teenager, I had back problems to the point of not sleeping. A tension that manifests when I am lying down or sitting. In ten years, I've seen countless doctors say to me, 'It's all in your head,'' debuted the actress. It was not until 2018 that the disease was diagnosed in Lola Bessis....' Fatigue sometimes handicaps me more than pain. I've worked out schemes over time to live with it,' she concluded .

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Daniela Lumbroso, future comedienne?

A known and recognized figure of the PAF, Daniela Lumbroso could well devote herself to other projects, such as comedy... “I also feed the desire for a role in a fiction or in the theater”, she assured Entertainment TV. A new string to his bow?

Source journaldesfemmes.fr