For more than twenty years, Jacques Legros has occupied a place of choice on the set of the 1 p.m. news on TF1. Known for having been the joker of the famous presenter Jean-Pierre Pernaut, who died in March 2022, he now ensures continuity alongside Marie-Sophie Lacarrau. A busy journalistic career that still allowed him to devote himself to other passions. “The position of joker is a springboard if you want it to be. Me, it came quite late. I was over 40 and did something else before. Twenty years earlier, I might have had other ambitions. Over time, I understood that the news is not my life”, had he already confided in the columns of Parisian.
Despite a fine professional career, Jacques Legros is confronted with painful regrets concerning his family. Almost 72 years old (July 25), he now realizes that his dedication to the first channel has led to significant sacrifices in his personal life, especially during vacations, precious periods during which he could not spend time with his children. “It’s something that my family blamed me a lot, especially my son, who is now eighteen years old, and with whom I have never spent a summer”, he revealed in an interview with tv-magazine this Thursday, July 20, 2023. According to him, the Christmas period was “the heaviest moment“ for his relatives.
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“Moments of presence that others cannot offer”
Although faithful to TF1, Jacques Legros wishes to emphasize that he nevertheless always knew how to be present for his son Gabriel: “On the other hand, I offered him moments of presence that others cannot offer on a daily basis. Certainly, it was neither in the tradition nor in the habits but we always managed to circumvent the problem. It happened to me to suffer a little bit sometimes but it allowed me, without taking into account the problems of school, to leave at times when there was no longer anyone “, he still confides to our colleagues.
This is not the first time that the presenter has mentioned his son in this way. Proud to see him evolve in the world of music, the latter had already delivered during an interview for Closer. “Gabriel is musician and singer,proudly explained his dad. He prepare for entrance examsin particular for the Juilliard School, in New York, musical composition section. He dreams of making film music”, he explained before adding: “He is high intellectual potential. With all the weaknesses be careful… A lot of problems parents have to deal with.” Tender and sincere confidences.