Thierry Ardisson is one of the key figures on the small screen. Through the countless shows he hosted, the presenter had the honor of meeting many stars. After being – for a time – away from the spotlight, the husband of Audrey Crespo-Mara is back on the front of the stage. As a reminder in 2019, he was ousted from the group Canal+. At the latest news, it is with France Televisions that Thierry Ardisson risks unleashing passions. As a next husband, the host will be in charge of the magazine “Time Hotel”.
In this new program, the happy father of three children will interview missing personalities. To date, new technologies are doing wonders. Facing the camera, they will all be “resurrected”. Like Jean Gabin or even Dalida. This Tuesday, February 1 for the show Direct access on France Blue, Thierry Ardisson spoke sincerely about its topicality. In a sequence, Laurent Baffie’s ex-acolyte also opened up about his private life. The opportunity for him to confide in his dark past as a drug addict. In the 1960s, the star accumulated posh evenings as a DJ in Cannes… But also in Paris. But the world of the night totally grabbed him. Thierry Ardisson plunged into drugs. Especially the heroine.
“Honestly, we were the first generation to have the drug over the counter. Before us, the drug, heroin, was reserved for African-American jazzmen. No one took it. Some took opium, but it was not common”, explained the ex-colleague of Hapsatou Sy. A different time compared to today. “Today, people are told: ‘Be careful, hero, it’s very hard to get out of it, cocaine will eat the white part of your brain’. We know what it does. We jumped into it head first,” confessed Thierry Ardisson. “I got through it, but it’s the hardest thing I’ve done in my life. The hero, at the beginning, we take it to be good, then after a while, we take it not to be bad“.
To free himself from his addiction, “the man in black” preferred to leave France. “I left France, I didn’t want to medicalize the thing. I didn’t want to go to the hospital to take metadone and all that. I didn’t want to consider myself sick, which was the case unfortunately. I went to the United States in a place where I was sure not to find any. But I shit for three months”, underlined Thierry Ardisson. Bad memories left behind…
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