This year in Love is in the meadowthe public became acquainted with Gillesendearing retired farmer but still very active. In the last episodes, we left him initiating, to the detriment of Isabelle. Unfortunately, their story did not last as we learn in the second part of the report, already available on M6+.
Indeed, it is alone that Gilou presents himself to Karine Le Marchand to explain that he has put . The reason: the 850 kilometers that separate them and that he couldn’t stand. In interview for Purepeople.com, Gilles agreed to confide in his adventure full of twists and turns and his breakup with Marie.
You experienced a terrible ordeal a little over a year ago, the loss of your wife Françoise. Did you think you could fall in love again later?
Yes, I never doubted. I had a few relationships before Love Is in the Meadow and then there was this opportunity.
How was life as a threesome with Isabelle and Marie?
There was no rivalry at all, it went very well.
We first saw you close to Isabelle, with whom you exchanged a first kiss. And then it was finally towards Marie that you turned. What changed on set?
I had Isabelle’s letter, very endearing, and I had asked to see photos too and then when she arrived at my house, I realized that Isabelle was not necessarily obvious. She had character, she wanted to impose herself etc. I told myself that I felt better with Marie, she was more of the woman I was looking for. We went on an outing with Marie, it went well, I saw that she communicated well and that we were better together and that’s when I had a little click for her. The next day, I went to the spa with Isabelle and I was already more distant. In my head, I had already made my choice.
Are you still in contact with Isabelle?
Yes, we call each other sometimes, and she has already told me that if I came from the Reims side, the door was open, that she would receive me. We remained on good terms.
You chose Marie and everything seemed to be going well until she left. The distance ultimately didn’t work out for you… What happened?
When I went to her house, I realized that it was going to be really complicated. When I came back, I wondered what I was getting myself into.
You’re both retired, why weren’t either of you willing to move in with one or the other?
She didn’t want to, she had her house, her grandchildren, her family, her activities, her habits etc… And neither did I. So I said: ‘let’s stop everything’. I can’t manage a relationship at that distance. She offered to spend a month with one or the other but I can’t do that, I still have animals and I didn’t want to live there, it doesn’t suit me. There is the problem of the wind and then the mosquitoes, it was horrible. You have to be used to it. And the distance, we wasted too much time… and then the costs!
By selecting her, you knew however that she lived far from you.
Yes, but I told myself that I would still try and we would see and then I realized that I had made a big mistake.
How long did your relationship last?
She stayed with me for four more days on the farm. Afterwards, I went down to her house two weeks or three weeks later, and then I said to myself that it was hell. And I came back down again to tell him I was stopping. The breakup was filmed but I warned her on the phone beforehand, I told her that it wasn’t what I was looking for. I imposed myself, she didn’t have much choice. So we said stop and life goes on separately.
Since then, where has your emotional situation been?
I have had phone calls but no letters. I go out, I meet people but nothing more for the moment. I don’t look, I tell myself that I will soon find it, without looking.
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