To leave Do not touch My TV was a morally obvious choice, but financially questionable. In an interview he gave to our colleagues at Closerwith the frankness that is his, Benjamin Castaldi
returned to the circumstances of his departure from TPMP. Last June, the former host of Loft and of Secret Story revealed that he was leaving Cyril Hanouna’s band, seven years after joining it at the same time as Géraldine Maillet and Capucine Anav. Officially, the host motivated his departure by new professional projects, in particular the play Bungalow 21 which he created and co-wrote with Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. In the theater, sisters Emmanuelle and Mathilde Seigner play Marilyn Monroe and Simone Signoret.
But in the numerous promotional interviews he has given in recent weeks, Benjamin Castaldi
ended up revealing ”no longer having fun” on Cyril Hanouna’s show, believing that he had done the trick with his character: ”Once my decision is made, I never go back. And then, it’s also good to get out of this caricature character, high roller, flirtatious, addicted to surgery” re-explained Benjamin Castaldi has Closer. But when asked more specifically about the fees he received within Do not touch My TV, Benjamin Castaldi recognized that the shortfall was significant…
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He listened to his grandmother’s advice
”It sure leaves a hole… But I don’t think like that. My grandmother said: Sometimes, there is money that is too expensive to earn. When money costs too much morally, you have to stop” he has justified himself who, in Do not touch My TV, was among Cyril Hanouna’s highest paid columnists. Present daily in Touche pas à mon poste, he also hosted the 6 à 7 several times a month, and the TPMP Open to all on Friday during Cyril Hanouna’s regular absences, padel obliges.
CG