There are mornings when things go less well than others and for Thomas Sotto, this Thursday, September 22 looks like one of those. Like every day from Monday to Thursday, the 49-year-old journalist wakes up the French on France 2 alongside Julia Vignali. For more than a year now, Laurent Delahousse’s joker on the weekend television news has hosted the morning time slot of France Télévisions with Kad Merad’s companion. A program during which the two hosts regularly make the rounds of the news and this morning, the front page of the newspaper The Team obviously hurt Thomas Sotto a lot.
At the start of the program, as she greets the viewers, Julia Vignali quickly turns to her co-presenter. “We saw you Thomas Sotto, we know you’re hiding behind… The Team !”, she asks. Visibly annoyed, Mayada’s companion ends up letting go live: “But the fuck! But how is that possible?”he exclaims while reading the long interview concocted by the first sports newspaper in France, in homage to the absolute idol of the journalist, Roger Federer. Indeed, the Swiss announced a few days ago that he was going to retire after a final series of matches during the Laver Cup which will be held in London from Friday to Sunday.
A beautiful tribute to his absolute idol
A final opportunity to see the tennis legend play, of which Thomas Sotto seems to be an absolute fan. Bruised by the news, he continues to mumble in his corner, repeating a famous phrase. “Don’t go, if you love him don’t go”, he launches, taking up the words of Elsa’s tube. He ends this beautiful personal tribute to Rafael Nadal’s great rival by kissing the cover of The Team where is the face of Roger Federer. A nice way to say goodbye to one of the greatest players in history and certainly one of the athletes who will have the most impact on spectators, all sports combined.
Roger Federer will therefore bow out of the world of tennis this weekend, in front of millions of fans saddened by his departure and we will have a special thought for Thomas Sotto, who is likely to be very sad next Monday…