Two years after launching his new show We are live on France 2, Laurent Ruquier has decided not to return for a third season. The rumor had been running for several months and it is finally confirmed with Telerama. The host thus drops the slice of Saturday evening, which he had occupied since 2006, first with We are not in bed.
According to our colleagues, his departure had been preparing in secret for a little while and the arrival of Léa Salamé as co-host of the show did not change anything. Despite good audiences and a working duo, behind the scenes, the teams of each no longer got along. Telerama even speaks of a “jagged team cohabitation“. Thus, Laurent Ruquier preferred to give up his place. “Hosting for two is easy, but a talk show is more complicated. I wanted to see what it would look like. It is true that it is not easy. It’s quite frustrating for Léa Salamé as for me“, he acknowledged. The flagship host also suggests a certain feeling of weariness vis-à-vis the box on Saturday evening, which “has become more and more difficult, unlike many others“, according to him. Léa Salamé will therefore animate alone We are live from next school year and Laurent Ruquier wishes him “good luck“. Their last two is coming very quickly since it will be the show for this Saturday, June 4, 2022, from 11:35 p.m.
Laurent Ruquier baited by Cyril Hanouna
So what next? Laurent Ruquier will always be on France 2 to present TV kids and on the radio, on RTL, with his show The Big Heads. France Télévisions also claims to have “several projects in progress with him“. What the latter confirmed by evoking “positive progress“. This is certainly why he declined Cyril Hanouna’s offer to join C8 to be the face of a new show.
For its part, in addition toWe are live, Léa Salamé will continue to co-host the France Inter morning show with Nicolas Demorand. She should, however, stop presenting the political magazine of France 2 on Thursday evening.