He has been at the helm of the 8 p.m. newspaper on TF1 for more than ten years. And no signs of wear apparently on the horizon. Neither on his side, nor among the public, nor for the first channel. Nevertheless, Gilles Bouleau says he is “lucid” at the microphone of Eric Dussart and Jade, on RTL, this Saturday April 8, 2023 in the program We’re doing TV again. Above all, the 60-year-old journalist does not want to fight too much and answers, bluntly, the crucial question: “Have you set a departure date for the JT of 8 p.m. on TF1? No, I haven’t set myself a starting point. I promised myself two things when I started this “taff”: not to change, I followed the advice of my friend Jean-Pierre Pernaut who never took the melon, who told me stay what you are, so I hope I haven’t changed. And secondly, to leave in joy, in good humor, without regret, without bitterness. And so, it will happen when it happens.” The host of the red station calls it back: “The day when there will be less pleasure, you will not hesitate…” immediately taken up by the man from the JT who continues:“Yes, I prefer to leave before doing the Ligue 1 season too much. That is to say, if I can’t score any more goals and I fall back from centre-forward to midfielder, to liberals to goalkeeper and to lemon cutter…”.
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“You are only there by the consent of the viewers who accept you”
Eric Dussart regains control in front of Gilles Bouleau’s questioning: “But we are rarely the best judge for ourselves” he throws at her. The presenter nods:That’s what’s very hard, I’ve talked about it with quite a few presenter friends, it’s hard. When everything is going well, you say ‘still a bit’ and when things are not going well, you say ‘well, I’m going to get back on track’. No, but I’m quite lucid. The interviewer asks him the famous question: “The time is not right, so you will still be at the 8 p.m. newscast next September?” And the journalist details his response: “God willing, my bosses willing, viewers willing… It’s a fast-paced world. You are there only by the consent of the viewers who accept you, who accept that you are the messenger or the messenger of 8 p.m. And it’s been so great to be doing this for just over 10 years, it’ll be 11 years in June, it’s great. I was a little freaked out at first, for a year or two, you’re a little paranoid, you think, ‘What if my bosses got it wrong? In fact, I’m not the right person at all, Stop everything! This is a monumental casting error! Then after a while you reassure yourself.” Surprised by this confidence, Eric Dussart asks him: “Ah you almost have the usurper syndrome?” “Yes, at first you think ‘what did they see in me that made them choose me?’ retorts the presenter of TF1. “But you are the quintessential anti-star Gilles Bouleau”then says his interlocutor. Modestly, the journalist admits: “Times have changed and then there is fertile ground. I don’t have that in me. I don’t want it, I never yearned for it, I don’t need this narcissistic crutch. And the star attitude would be a by-product of my job.”
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Will Gilles Bouleau still be in charge of TF1’s 20H next season? His answer in @OnRefaitLaTele on @RTLFrancepic.twitter.com/T44s6sXLEK
— Eric Dussart (@E_Dussart) April 8, 2023