While the arrival of Jarry in
Everybody wants to takeDits place
has caused ink to flow following the departure of Laurence Boccolini on August 3, 2023, it is important to remember that already more than two years ago, Nagui had also surprised viewers by making the decision to leave the animation of the game show after 15 years on the air.
“I wanted to develop this show, to modernize it a little bit. Every time I proposed ideas, they didn’t come to fruition. Perhaps for fear of rejection from viewers. As a result, it’s fifteen years it’s exactly the same game as the first day. […] This game, designed to last half an hour, grew to forty-five minutes without changing the concept or the number of questions. he confided to Parisian at the time.
And to add: “What is certain is that the game will continue with someone else. It will do good for the show and allow us to put something else into it. There are plenty of people capable of holding the line shop. But I wasn’t asked for my opinion.”. But against all expectations, the various changes of hosts were not enough to modernize the game according to him.
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“I wonder how I held on”
During an interview given to TV Mag
this Thursday, October 26, 2023, the latter indeed confided that he did not regret having left the program: “Not only do I have no regrets, but I wonder why I didn’t leave sooner”he revealed before justifying himself: “For me, it’s a show that has aged, that is no longer at all in keeping with the times. We are keeping alive someone who is very, very, very tired, and that doesn’t has nothing to do with the talent of Laurence Boccolini or Jarry, who are friends. I rewatched images of the shows, and I wonder how I lasted so much time”, he concluded. A transparency that honors him.
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