After giving way to Jarry at the head of Everyone wants to take its place on France 2, Laurence Boccolini
come back. Indeed, France Televisions decided to trust him and give him the keys to the show formerly hosted by Laurent Ruquier : TV kids. It will be from October 22, 2023 that viewers will be able to find their favorite program with a new face in animation.
A date that Laurence Boccolini branded with a hot iron and which will require a lot of work to make people forget Laurent Ruquier. The latter left France Televisions to join Marc-Olivier Fogiel and BFMTV last summer and doesn’t seem to hold grudges. Indeed, in a long interview given to Tele-Leisure
this Saturday, the host revealed that her ex-colleague sent her a message when he learned that France 2 had chosen her to succeed him.
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“Laurent was the first to send me a message to congratulate me. He praised me. [Elle rit.] He was happy it was me. This makes me happy because I owe him so much in my career!”, she confided, delighted that there was no tension between them. Especially since she owes him a lot. Indeed, according to the words of Laurence Boccolinithis one would never have made television without Laurent Ruquier.
Although she recognizes that they are not “not close”she claims to have “lots of respect for him.” “In addition to being loyal, he is a hard worker. In 1994, he asked me to become a columnist on his show “Rien à waxer” on France Inter”she remembered before continuing: “Laurent had seen something in me that I didn’t know. At his side, I discovered that I could make people laugh.” “Without him, I would never have done TV”she concluded, visibly grateful for the role played Laurent Ruquier in his career.
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