Long-time star host of TF1, where he hosted successful shows like Hello, it’s us, Heaven, my Tuesday in the 90s, then The Wheel of Fortune, A Golden Family And The Wall in the 2000s, Christophe Dechavanne is now a permanent guest on the show
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on France 2. He speaks every Saturday evening with Léa Salamé, and alongside her interviews the guests who come to ensure their various promotions. In this regard, the host has also been on promotion for a few weeks, since he released his autobiography Without transition, in which he looks back on his professional years, his successful career, but also his complicated personal life and his relationship with illness, death and drugs. Problem: this autobiography has jump from numerous collaborators of the host and columnist, who decided to testify against him.
Indeed, in a long survey published by The Obs this Friday February 9, 2024, twelve former collaborators of Christophe Dechavanne decided to put words to the alleged evils that their former boss would have inflicted on them. The complainants, who at no time filed a complaint against the person they accuse of “moral harassment”point fingers degrading behavior, fits of hysteria that shake the walls, and cyclothymic attitudes disturbing and devastating for the atmosphere within the corridors of Coyote, his production company, or of TF1 and France 2, broadcasters who have trusted him for more than forty years.
The twelve collaborators of Christophe Dechavanne point out comments that the host made in his book, and in various of his interviews. One of the sentences he uttered in an interview with Parisian ignited the powder: “If you’re nice to me, I’m the sweetest guy ever.”he assured. A shocking sentence, which had the effect of a bomb among twelve of his former collaborators, who today wish to reveal in broad daylight the other Christophe Dechavanne, the man in the shadows, who apparently -he “traumatized”.
Christophe Dechavanne and Laurence Boccolini have not spoken to each other since 2019
“He always blew hot and cold, he speaks badly, can hiss at people, hurt by meanly mocking, be acrimonious, scream because he can’t be wrong. And the next day, he brings flowers, gifts, declares: You know I love you. It ends up driving you crazy.” testifies a former employee of Coyote, the production company of the host which notably produces the new animal show by Sophie Davant on France 3. A former columnist of Hello, it’s us drives home the point, claiming to be unable to watch a program in which the presenter appears today: “When, by chance, I hear the credits, I feel sick, it gives me a shock of electricity. It traumatized me”.
The Obs reveals that two collaborators of Christophe Dechavanne recently resigned from their positions: his driver and his assistant, both described by the media as “at the end”. For now, Léa Salamé’s permanent guest has not reacted to the investigation targeting him. An investigation which may not be surprising, as rumors evoking the complicated behavior of Christophe Dechavanne have been regular for several years. In 2019, the filming of
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in South Africa would have been right to the good understanding between the host and his colleague Laurence Boccoliniwho, according to many media outlets, have not spoken to each other since.