“A Sunday in the Country”, “Our True Nature”, “Rendez-vous en Terre Unknown” are all programs that
Frédéric Lopez
imagined and implemented on France 2. And if the host nicknamed “the PAF shrink » cultivates kindness and particularly intimate programs outside of TV sets, he has also flourished in studio shows such as “Bouche à bouche” in 1998 or even “Panique dans l'oreillette” in 2008.
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For this last show, the principle was simple.
Frédéric Lopez was in front of a guest and equipped with an earpiece directly connected to the celebrity's loved ones.
In this way, the host could destabilize the guest and ask him unexpected questions.
Despite good audiences, the show was canceled two years later for budgetary reasons in agreement with the channel.
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Nearly fifteen years later, rumors were circulating about a potential return of the program.
Guest of the show “Cmedia”, it was quite natural that Frédéric Lopez was questioned on the subject.
“I don’t know where this whisper comes from but it touches me a lot and it’s true that I hear it a lot,”
he initially confirmed.
Then, very quickly afterwards, he put an end to the suspense by explaining:
“there is no project with the channel.
But it’s a concept that people talk to me about a lot in the media and in the street.”
And although he is not against the fact that the concept is included again in the PAF, this new page will certainly have to be written without it.
“
There I do a lot of things but maybe it will come back and it won't be me because I like the idea of someone taking that into their world.
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However, the host has not communicated more precise information on the identity of his potential buyer.
“I have no idea who it could be but I would like someone funny.
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Columnist Thierry Moreau then underlined that the names which would already be circulating in the press such as that of the host Sophie Davant or even Bruno Guillon.
Frédéric Lopez closed the subject by mimicking surprise and retorting:
“oh well?
But you teach me some things then.”