“I was 4 and a half months pregnant”: that terrible day when Tonya Kinzinger lost her baby

Tonya Kinzinger has the perfect love affair with Bernard Lignon. A relationship that began during the filming of the cult series Under the sun, where the latter worked as an assistant director, while Tonya Kinzinger lent her features to Jessica Lowry. If the couple wants to be discreet and away from scandals, life has unfortunately not spared them.

In 2003, she discovered the joys of motherhood by becoming the mother of a little Sacha. A real joy for the actress who plays in Such a big sun since 2019. So much so that two years later, Tonya Kinzinger and Bernard Lignon decided to repeat the experience. In 2005, the American actress was pregnant again. But unfortunately, everything is not going to go as planned.

Tonya Kinzinger opens up about the tragic loss of her baby

It will take Tonya Kinzinger almost 10 years to tell her story. In 2014, the American actress participated in the tenth season of Dancing with the stars. A program which may seem light at first glance, but which in reality asks celebrities to lay themselves bare by exploring their deepest wounds, in order to transmit as much emotion as possible on the floor. And it was during the preparation of the Personal Story bonus that Tonya Kinzinger spoke about this drama which marked her life.

“It happened exactly ten years ago, I was the happiest woman at that time. My little boy Sacha was 19 months old, I was in Saint-Tropez. I was 4 and a half months pregnant. And in fact there were complications and I had to give birth. I had the opportunity to see him and say goodbye, it was very important.” a entrusted the actress to her dancer Maxime Dereymez. Before adding: “I know that this is something that thousands of women experience. Somehow I said to myself if I talk about it maybe I can help some women not to have this very feeling of shame, because I never talked about it. Even to my husband, I don’t talk about it.”

How did Sacha, Tonya Kinzinger’s son, react to the news of this miscarriage?

Later, Tonya Kinzinger spoke again about the loss of this child, which occurred in 2005. Bernard Lignon’s companion told the story in the columns of Télé Pochehow their son Sacha, aged 11 at the time, reacted. “He had a reaction that I hadn’t anticipated. He told me: ‘I lost a little brother who would have been two years younger than me’! Even if it happened ten years ago, it’s difficult for him,” she explained. Before specifying that “It would have been lying to myself and to others not to tell the truth.” And regarding the idea of ​​adopting a child or trying again naturally, the actress replied: “It took me 5 years to have Sacha (…) Adopting could have been a solution. But we had a very unstable life, between two continents, always in the uncertainty of the next day.” An ordeal that turned the couple’s life upside down.