We no longer present it. Over the years, Caroline Ithurbide has become one of the most iconic faces of French television. A trained journalist, she joined Vincent Bolloré’s troops during the creation of Direct 8 and gradually became an essential presenter on the small screen. 88 Minutes, Le Grand 8, Don’t touch my TV, William at noon… alternately presenter or columnist, Caroline Ithurbide has also made a place for herself on the radio. After her debut alongside Cyril Hanouna on Europe 1, she co-presented the RFM morning show with Albert Spano for three years until June 2025, when she went on maternity leave.
After forty years, the mother of Gaspard Ruben and Ambre Lilah, born from her previous marriage with the journalist Boris Ehrgott, is seeking to give birth a third time, to concretize her love with her new husband: the actor Polo Anid, to whom she said yes in June 2022. On November 23, the couple welcomes a little girl named Georgia. Isabelle Ithurbide was then 45 years old and had years of difficulty conceiving with her partner. In the columns of Galashe returned to this real obstacle course in an interview published this Saturday, June 13, granted on the occasion of the promotion of her new book 50 méthodes feel good – 100% testées et approuvéespublished on May 13 by Éditions du Rocher.
“He really is a miracle baby!” : the tender confidences of Caroline Ithurbide about her daughter Georgia
At the microphone of our colleagues, the quarantine officer confirms “trés bien” live this new motherhood: “With this third pregnancy and birth, I got rid of the stress I might have had at the very beginning.”, explains the one who had recourse to six artificial inseminations and four IVF to succeed in getting pregnant. Before making further statements on the solidity of his relationship formed with Polo Anid, a real necessity to understand this change of life: “The pace of a baby is tiring. In this case, you need a great husband. I’m very lucky in this regard because my husband immediately took his role as father head on. He helps me a lot, he’s a 2026 version of a dad. We’re really a team.”
And to continue on how lucky she was to become pregnant at her age, after numerous medical procedures: “It’s truly a miracle baby who arrived after three years of a diligent journey. We never gave up! I’m glad to have gone through this emotional and physical storm because it taught me a lot of things. Despite the failures, the disappointments, and sometimes even the pain because we inject ourselves with things that bruise our body but also our heart, we are capable of supporting everything when we really want something. Even if it was very hard, we remained very calm.” details the one who could not be more delighted to have her daughter by her side today: “When I see that my daughter is with us, it erases all the difficulties even if they are rooted in our history as a couple.”
Caroline Ithurbide, mother at 45: she settles scores with her detractors
Caroline Ithurbide also takes the opportunity of this interview to settle scores with those who criticized her choice to become a mother at over forty. “Today, everyone is allowed to give their opinion on things they don’t know, she begins. I’m not really someone who gets angry at that. People have the right to give their opinion, even if sometimes I find it inappropriate or stupid. In any case, This did not stop me in my desire for motherhood.”
Before explaining that many women like her find themselves in the same situation as her in having children late in life: “It’s a phenomenon that is becoming more and more widespread, she says. By seeing actresses, like Virginie Efira or Cameron Diazwho became mothers after the age of 40, I didn’t feel alone. I told myself that if they can do it, I can do it too.”
Before say “choquée” by the term of “geriatric pregnancy” used by the medical profession. “I found it horrible. If I had a fight, it would be to change this word which has nothing to do with it. It’s still quite upsetting because it can weaken us while we are in a period where we don’t necessarily have self-confidence”concluded this great lover of well-being and relaxation practices. This is what deserves to be said.
