Michel Drucker is on all fronts, but his cardiologists disagree. While he decided to resume hosting Vivement Dimanche, and ensures the filming of this show every Wednesday afternoon, the 82-year-old host was supposed to present a brand new show based on
What an era
and baptized What Games! As indicated by his name, this event program will be offered throughout the summerand will cover the French journey to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. It will still be produced by Hugo Clément via Winter Prod, will still be hosted by Léa Salamé, but she will ultimately not team up with Michel Drucker.
Indeed, expected to head this magazine alongside Léa Salamé, Michel Drucker, who began his professional career at France Télévisions for the 1964 Olympic Games, must finally give up. Its cardiologists, fearing that he would be overworked by this month-long daily, asked him to give up hosting it. Michel Drucker will, however, have a role to play in this show, but a lesser one. According to Var-Matin, the sports and magazine departments have agreed on a name to replace Michel Drucker, and it’s not really a surprise since it’s Laurent Luyat !
Matthieu Lartot will be delighted
The journalist has been one of the sports headliners on France 2 since 2000. Each year, he oversees the broadcast of the Roland-Garros tournaments, but also that of the Tour de France. Since 2000, he has been at the head of the systems for all the Olympic Games and will therefore have a dual role to play in the exceptional system that the public service will offer all summer. In addition to commenting on daytime events, he will also host What Games in the second part of the evening. A particularly busy summer for Laurent Luyat, which will undoubtedly mark his career.
The appointment of Laurent Luyat to the presentation of What Games will please the sports department, which was outraged by the choice made by the public service to entrust this broadcast to Michel Drucker and Léa Salamé, without having been consulted. In an interview, Matthew Lartotreturned to commentary on rugby matches after having overcome synovialocarcinoma (knee cancer)did not hesitate to rant against his superiors, accusing them of entrusting a sports magazine to journalists without having consulted the dedicated department.