It’s a clash that dates back more than 35 years, but which Véronique Jannot has never forgotten; and if today, the two seem to have reconciled, the 66-year-old actress has bitter memories. Guest of Laurence Boccolini in TV kids this Sunday, November 5, the star of the 80s returned to the big clash which opposed her to Patrick Sabatier in 1988. While she was to be the guest of his show Wanted posterthe host fired her at the last minute, announcing her absence live even though she had just arrived in the dressing rooms. The reason ? Véronique Jannot was stuck in Ile-de-France traffic jamsand did not arrive in time to start the show alongside Patrick Sabatier!
Retained by Catherine Ceylac on the set of Tea or coffeeVéronique Jannot was late in arriving at the location of the filming ofWanted poster, but nevertheless succeeded, as she indicated to Laurence Boccolini. If she insisted more than anything on honoring her commitments despite a few minutes of delay, Patrick Sabatier was decidedly different and brutally rejected her: “I arrived, I was stuck in traffic, I was coming back from filming Coffee Break, we had arrived with the flashing lights and everything, really I arrived and he saw that I was downstairs, he saw that I was there“ still contests the actress today, who believes that the host of Password “used (her)” to create a buzz, live on television.
She forgave him after many long years
“He used me! I was behind, I was mad with rage” she revealed to Laurence Boccolini. The host and the actress remained angry for many years, but today seem to have buried the hatchet: “I was mad at him for 10 years, It’s serious, I was really angryproduction had done everything to ensure that we arrived on time”. Less present today on television, Véronique Jannot appeared in the casting of Tomorrow belongs to us for a few seasons, and more recently in Scenes of householdsalongside Frédéric Bouraly, Valérie Karsenti and Fanny Cottençon.