Virginie Coossa spoke publicly about claude meunier and their 26-year age difference during a recent QUB Radio appearance. It was the first time she addressed that part of their relationship on air, and she said she did not understand why age-gap couples still draw backlash.
Karima Brikh asked whether mentalities had changed around relationships with a wide age gap. Coossa answered directly: “Moi, je n'ai pas compris parce qu'il y a d'autres couples au Québec. Est-ce que c'est parce qu'elle est dans la vingtaine? Moi, je trouve qu'ils fitent très bien ensemble, les deux. Je n'ai pas compris ce déferlement puis, comme disait Rémi tout à l'heure, c'est peut-être tout simplement parce qu'il est populaire, il est beau puis il y a des femmes qui étaient jalouses, mais je ne comprends vraiment pas. Puis c'est une des raisons pourquoi j'ai décidé de venir aujourd'hui, c'est parce qu'à un moment donné, quand il y a des choses qui nous choquent, il faut en parler, puis il faut normaliser, puis il faut dédramatiser des situations comme ça. Mais j'ai eu beaucoup d'empathie pour eux autres, puis je n'ai vraiment pas compris. Je ne les connais pas (…) mais j'ai vu ça dans les médias, j'ai sursauté”.
QUB Radio and Karima Brikh
The comments landed because Coossa and Meunier usually keep their private life out of public view. Her decision to speak on QUB Radio gave the debate a named, on-the-record voice from someone close to the subject rather than another round of speculation.
She also repeated the point more bluntly during the conversation: “Je ne comprends vraiment pas.” That line framed her position with no softening — she was not hedging, and she was not offering the usual celebrity distance from the issue.
Sébastien Delorme and Virginie Bruneau
Coossa tied her remarks to Sébastien Delorme and Virginie Bruneau, saying she had “beaucoup d'empathie” for them. Delorme is 55 years old, Bruneau is 26 years old, and they have said their relationship is harmonious and fulfilling.
Negative comments on social media followed their appearance together on the red carpet of the gala InfluenceCréation, and the online reaction quickly turned into a wave of criticism and intimidation. Bruneau recently broke her silence about that hate, which is what gave Coossa’s comments their immediate edge: she was not speaking in the abstract, but into a live Quebec discussion about how age-gap couples are treated once their private lives become public.
Why Coossa spoke now
Coossa said she chose to come on air because “quand il y a des choses qui nous choquent, il faut en parler, puis il faut normaliser, puis il faut dédramatiser des situations comme ça.” That is the clearest signal in her interview: she was not defending a media moment, she was trying to lower the temperature around one.
For readers following the same debate, the takeaway is simple. Coossa has now put her name and her own 26-year age gap with Meunier into the public conversation, and she has done it on the side of normalization rather than silence. The reaction to Delorme and Bruneau shows why that choice landed now, not later.
