Stéphane Bern does not hesitate to proclaim his convictions loud and clear. And the 62-year-old host does not hide the fact that he is particularly annoyed by one point in particular…
Stéphane Bern feels invested with a mission: to preserve the beauty of France. The presenter of Favorite village of the Frenchwhose big winner this year is Bormes-les-Mimosas, banged his fist on the table at the radio microphone Here…
Stéphane Bern, annoyed: “We must fight against ugly France”
The perpetual constructions which make French landscapes ugly? Very little for Stéphane Bern, who hopes that certain corners of France will retain their authenticity. “I think we have to fight against ugly France, and that requires discipline, rules“, insisted the enthusiast of crowned heads.
The host, however, remains confident about the future of the villages of France. “What strikes me is that the French are very attached to the authenticity of their village, to its beauty, to their heritage, to the culinary traditions and all the traditions in general, there is a real pride, and that also creates a kind of conviviality“, he rejoiced. The one who was designated “Mr. Heritage” of the executive in 2017, has also restored numerous French monuments by managing to find sources of financing.
The presenter of History Secrets is convinced that giving importance to the beauty of a place can make the French happier and create sharing: “When you live in a place that is beautiful, you want to protect it, preserve it and introduce others to it, heritage is shared, we don’t keep it for ourselves“.
Stéphane Bern regrets the “ugliness” of Paris: “A trash…”
Stéphane Bern is, in any case, very satisfied with the place where he lives. Proud to have resided in Perche for several years, he renovated a former 18th century royal college in Thiron-Gardais and even organizes visits there with his companion Yori Bailleres.
Amazed by the charm of Perche, he does not regret having left Paris, which had become, according to his remarks to Parisian“a trash bin where people throw away anything, anywhere.” And to explain, about the capital: “I am always amazed by its beauty, but I deplore a general carelessness, and even a certain ugliness“. The host has no intention of letting tens of thousands of villages in France suffer the same fate!
