Florent Pagny Reveals Ongoing Battle with Cancer, Clarifies Past Statements on Treatment
Paris, France – Singer Florent Pagny disclosed Sunday that his cancer continues to return despite treatment, offering new insight into his ongoing health struggle and correcting previous statements regarding immunotherapy. The revelation came during a televised interview on TF1, where Pagny revisited a January 2023 appearance on Sept à Huit in which he discussed a concerning relapse.
Pagny’s case highlights the unpredictable nature of his specific cancer, characterized by rapid recurrence. While initially believing a pause in immunotherapy contributed to the relapse, he now asserts further treatment and another recurrence proved that wasn’t the cause. This ongoing battle impacts not only pagny and his family, including his daughter Ael, who resides primarily in Patagonia, but also resonates with the broader community of cancer patients and those following his public journey. The singer’s openness aims to provide a realistic outlook on living with a chronic illness and the complexities of cancer treatment.
During the January 26, 2023 interview with Audrey Crespo-Mara, Pagny described discovering a new ganglion and the risk of metastasis. “There is a ganglion that has set, which makes it risk of metastasis,” he stated at the time. “it pisses off, this story. It never stops. There is always something that ends up reappearing. The other time it was white spots, now, it’s a ganglion that marks. I did not do the treatment of immunotherapy, so I have to go back quickly.”
Reflecting on that statement, Pagny now describes it as “the speech of someone who does not know.” He explained that subsequent immunotherapy and another relapse demonstrated the issue wasn’t related to treatment pauses, but rather the aggressive nature of the cancer cells themselves, causing “rapid relapses.”
This article was written in collaboration with 6medias.