Viewers spent the holiday season with him.
Gilles Bouleau's official joker at TF1's "20 Hours" since 2012,
Julien Arnaud
presented the high mass for a fortnight.
On Thursday, December 29, there was a commotion in the editorial staff when the death of "King" Pelé fell during the opening credits of the news.
Warned at 8:02 p.m. in the headset, the presenter did not panic.
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I've been doing 'breaking news' for a long time now, on LCI in particular
", confides Julien Arnaud this Wednesday to "Buzz TV" before detailing the system put in place to relay the major information which will be dealt with at the tenth minute in the Journal.
“
It's 8 p.m. so we can't stop everything to switch to this information.
The obituary was already ready so we let one or two subjects pass and then I improvised a launch
,” he recalls.
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After having mentioned the excellent audiences of LCI which, for the past few months, have exceeded 2% of daily audience share, Julien Arnaud recalled his greatest fear on the air.
It was four years ago, after the FIFA World Cup in Russia.
“
I was asked to be in the special edition of the return of the Blues to Paris.
I was on the motorcycle following the bus from Roissy to the Champs-Élysées.
A terrible memory.
It's like
Mad Max
.
There were hundreds of motorbikes around, with all the over-excited Blues fans going full throttle while filming.
It was crazy!
I was in the middle of it, terrified.
I saw my life go by!
".
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