Between them there was an unwavering friendship. In full promotion of his next show From you to me, Michel Drucker wished to reveal an anecdote concerning his friend Johnny Hallyday (who died in December 2017 at the age of 74) in the show C to You broadcast on December 17, 2021. A true showman, the Taulier wanted to impress his fans during a legendary concert organized at the Stade de France in 1998.
One night, at four in the morning, the host received a phone call from Laeticia Hallyday’s husband. Used to sleepless nights, the singer had a great idea for his future show that he absolutely wanted to share with the host of Roll on Sunday. “Hello, it’s Johnny, what are you doing?“Johnny then launched at Dany Saval’s husband.”I’m sleeping, it’s four in the morning“, replied Michel Drucker.”Have you seen Apocalypse Now ?“asked the performer of the title Light the fire. “At four in the morning I saw no one. “”You are going to co-pilot four helicopters in formation and we are going to arrive above the Stade de France and you are going to drop me on the crowd, good night. ” I thought it was a nightmare. Afterwards, he didn’t let go“, reveals Michel Drucker today.
I’m going to stack on La Défense
Finally, the television presenter managed to convince Johnny Hallyday that a single helicopter would be more than enough for this grandiose staging. On the day of the concert, Michel Drucker therefore went to pick up his friend by helicopter as agreed in order to drop him off at the Stade de France. He tells : “We take off, fifty meters from the ground above La Défense, four minutes from the entrance to the Stade de France where we were going to hoist it, and there, in a terrible crash, he said to me: “I have vertigo”.“
It was a twist for the television producer who realized that Johnny Hallyday had air sickness. Nausea, Jade and Joy’s adoptive father told his pilot buddy for a day: “I have been dizzy, since I was very young I have been dizzy, and if you don’t put me down right away, I’m going to wrestle on La Défense.“Sure of himself and his friend, the 79-year-old host did not listen to him and continued as he had planned:”He didn’t stack and he did. “