At 79, Michel Drucker offers himself a little change for the next TV season: he lands on France 3 with his show Can’t wait for Sunday from 1:30 p.m. The host, happy to have extended his contract with France Télévisions for two more years, will face in his time slot the 1:15 p.m. by Laurent Delahousse. But by the way, are the two men still angry?
In 2017, the oldest host of the PAF, reputed to be friends with everyone, surprised by sending a spade to his colleague Laurent Delahouse, after losing his 7 p.m. time slot. Then, in 2018, he let himself downright in The Parisian, then attacking the journalist. “In all my life, I have never criticized a colleague, I have been unfailingly loyal and faithful to public service. But there, it is too much. Because Laurent Delahousse is not a good guy (…) He tried to make me believe that he was courtesy incarnate. I have no grudges, but I have memory“, he said. He then explained that Laurent Delahousse would have gone out of his way, going so far as to put his resignation in the balance, if he did not obtain the 7 p.m. slot …
Michel Drucker, who had been reframed by his management without it upsetting him more than that, will therefore find his best enemy next season. But, according to the host, he has no spirit of revenge or feeling of competition. “It’s real counter-programming. At home there will be laughter, humor and entertainment. He is a magazine. And above all, there is no more history between us“, he assured in an interview in the pages of the Parisian this May 23. No more quarrels, of course, but we imagine that the two will still watch the audiences of their programs attentively…
Michel Drucker, who has also added a string to his bow in recent years by going on stage for a show, therefore intends to continue his television career a little longer, but he already has the name in mind of the one he considers to be his worthy successor. : Cyril Feraud. “I don’t know when I will leave, that’s the problem. I still hope that I would have the wisdom to disappear“, he recently confided in the show As an aside. A case to follow!