Despite months of fierce struggle, the disease will finally, and unfortunately, got the better of him… Indeed, Jean-Pierre Pernaut died at the age of 71 this Wednesday, February 2, following lung cancer. Following this disappearance, many personalities took the floor on social networks to pay tribute to the one who accompanied us during our lunches for nearly 32 years.
Cyril Hanouna obviously also wanted to pay tribute to the former presenter of the 1 p.m. news from TF1. The host of “TPMP” ensuring that he had very good relations with Jean-Pierre Pernaut. “Jean-Pierre and I got along very well. He was a bit of a model for me, even if he was a journalist and I, in entertainment”he revealed at first before praising the ex-companion of Nathalie Marquay: “He was someone who did what he had in mind, on instinct. He was not like the other JT presenters on their teleprompter […] There are plenty of people who said to themselves that they were going to be like Jean-Pierre Pernaut […] Jean-Pierre, he was really special. He said what he thought. If he wanted to see someone, he saw him. If he didn’t want to, he didn’t see it. He was so strong and excellent as a journalist and his audiences were so huge that he could kinda do whatever he wanted. […] and say shit to the boss of TF1 or I’ll go see a friend”.
After this nice speech about Jean-Pierre Pernaut, Valérie Benaïm wanted to recall that he had interviewed four Presidents of the Republic during his career as a journalist: “from Mitterrand to Macron. Only (François) Hollande refused”. A revelation that made Cyril Hanouna come out of his hinges: “Hollande he’s busy, he only does sore shows, that’s why we forgot about him. If Hollande was doing good shows, it would be known. The next one he’ll do is Top Chef, thank you , I hope he looks at us”. Not sure that the former Head of State appreciates, but Cyril Hanouna will at least have the merit of being frank and not hesitating to say what he thinks.
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