It was in 2013. For the 20th issue of his show on France 2, Meeting in unknown land, Frédéric Lopez had taken journalist Mélissa Theuriau, already married to Jamel Debbouze and mother of two children, Léon and Lila, to the Arusha region of Tanzania to meet the Maasai there. The show, broadcast on January 21, 2014, was watched by 6.1 million viewers (23.1% market share), and one scene particularly caught the attention of fans and program protagonists!
“When we meet, we have hints“
It was the moment when the two Frenchmen on the trip had to taste a broth prepared from goat’s guts and “and everything they could contain”. As the TV host recounted this weekend in “TV kids”facing Laurent Ruquier, the moment was very difficult, as they both tried to refrain from vomiting, out of politeness for their hosts …
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And Frédéric Lopez to remember: “At one point, for real, we had some staleness, we almost threw up.” And to add: “Even speaking with Mélissa, when we meet, we have hints“, still today. His worst taste experience, in fourteen years at the presentation of the program which made the glory of the public service. Unfortunately, he stopped presenting it in 2018, and handed over to Raphaël de Casabianca (who has already traveled with Vianney, Jarry, Estelle Lefébure, and even Franck Gastambide).
“This show was devastating”
Today while he’s back on France 2after 4 years of absence, Frédéric Lopez is betting on more local getaways, with “A Sunday in the countryside“About these trips, which fascinated the French, he confessed to our colleagues from Figaro:”I realized that this show was devastating. We go to people’s homes, they open their homes and their hearts to us, but it’s not natural to get so attached to someone without ever seeing them again. At first, I saw myself going back there and finally I admitted to myself that I wouldn’t make it.“.
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