The sequence had gone viral. The one taken from TF1’s “13 Heures” broadcast in April 2023 where a motorist is questioned in a service station in Val-de-Marne about the gasoline shortage. The man interviewed is none other than Michel Jonasz except that he is never mentioned in the on-screen banner. The journalists on the subject simply did not recognize the singer from
La Boîte de Jazz
. A year later, on RTL, in the show “On refait la télé”, the singer returned to this funny episode.
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Even the information director of the Journal (Thierry Thuillier, Editor's note.) called me to apologize
,” recalls Michel Jonasz at Éric Dussart's microphone. Not offended at not having been recognized by young journalists, the artist on the contrary found the situation amusing and played it up on the day of filming. “
What was funny was that I understood that, and (...) I acted like a clown afterwards. Only, they didn't keep that in the editing
, he reveals before going into detail.
I spoke to the camera saying: “if my mother looks at me etc.”
".
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Michel Jonasz also explains that the news director, to make up for it, offered him to come on the set of the JT. But the person concerned refused.
“There’s nothing more serious on Earth than that, frankly?
», he asks himself today. The artist puts things into perspective: this blunder is representative of what he experiences on a daily basis in the street where few people recognize him. “
Maybe it’s also my looks. If you're Eddy Mitchell, Johnny or Sardou, people you recognize immediately in the street, it's different. I wanted to be peaceful and that’s what’s happening
,” he rejoices. “
Sometimes there are sketches: people looking at me and wondering... A gentleman once asked me if I didn't work in ready-to-wear!
".
A few days after this incident, Marie-Sophie Lacarrau explained herself, saying that she thought it was a joke from her editor-in-chief. As a nod to Michel Jonasz, one of his songs was broadcast in a subsequent edition. Gilles Bouleau of “20 Heures” was also asked about this incident: “
I think that in the heat of the moment, this young journalist did not recognize it immediately. Perhaps a question of generation, it’s entirely possible
,” he suggested. Irony of the story: Michel Jonasz appeared three days later on the set of Laurent Delahousse, in “8:30 p.m. on Sunday”, to promote his latest album and his tour.