Guest in the podcast With family from the Lou media broadcast on YouTube on June 11, Ophélie Meunier agreed to talk about a part of her personal life. Mother of two children, the future presenter of the 2026 World Cup on M6 looked back on her childhood as well as the education she received from her parents. “I received a very structured education with lots of love”she first explained. The youngest of four children, she kept the memory of a “lovely childhood”. However, behind his structured education, there is a religious side hidden very little known to the general public.
In 2023, a report broadcast on the antenna of RMC Story revealed that the host and journalist belonged to the Mormon Church. In this famous documentary, we learned a little more about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, better known as the Mormon Church. Ophélie Meunier was introduced to the precepts of this religion born in the United States by her own father, who regularly took her to the temple during her youth. The daily life of Mormons is strictly governed by the “Word of Wisdom”. This very strict code commits believers in particular not to consume coffee, tea, tobacco, alcohol or any drugs. The Mormon Church also encourages great modesty in dress, recommending wearing specific underwear, called garments and does not prohibit polygamy.
Ophélie Meunier raised in the Mormon faith, her secrets about her education
During a major survey published by The Parisian in November 2023, several former believers reflected on their complex relationship with this Church. Our colleagues then asked Ophélie Meunier, but the star of Forbidden Zone had declined the interview offer, while specifying that she was not opposed to seeing her name mentioned in the article. Discreet about her faith, she has been heard, on very rare occasions, to express herself about her religious beliefs. “It’s part of me. It brings me so much. It is the foundation of my identity, my values and my culture […] As long as it doesn’t interfere with my work and doesn’t prevent me from keeping an open mind and objectivity, I don’t think it’s a problem. I am proud to be a believer »she confided in the show We’re doing TV again on RTL in 2023. Facing Éric Dussart and Jade, the happy 38-year-old mother concluded: “It’s not something that comes up in every one of my interviews […] I deeply believe that things happen in life for a reason. There is a quite spiritual dimension”.
Ophélie Meunier: her secrets about her family life with Mathieu Vergne and their two children
Beyond religion, it is now in her own home that she applies her values, as she explained in the podcast. “The framework for children is reassuring, it speaks to me and I chose to apply it. There is a framework, rules, education and politeness » she concluded. In the columns of Paris Match On June 10, the 38-year-old journalist spoke at length about her family development. Married for eight years to Mathieu Vergne aged 48 and former director of streaming programs for the TF1 group and producer at ALP, she welcomed two children, Joseph in 2019 and Valentine in 2021. “When, by chance, I come across a photo of myself at 20 or 30, I tell myself that I no longer want to look like that. Not that I didn’t feel good before, but I like the idea of life moving forward. I’m married, I have children, I built it all.”a-t-elle confié.
