This Saturday, April 13, “C l’hebdo” is celebrating a record. If the France 5 talk show has been given a second lease of life with the arrival of Aurélie Casse as host, it is still far from equaling the career length of Michel Drucker.
“It was worth a few surprises,”
announces the journalist to her guest who has been on television for 60 years.
For the occasion, the President of the Republic sent a video message to Michel Drucker. Dressed in a three-piece suit, the Head of State recalled that the host of “Vivement Dimanche” was first a sports journalist:
“60 years ago, you were already covering the Olympic Games. We will have the Olympic and Paralympic Games in France in a few weeks. I wanted to know what your medal expectations were and your favorite events?
“But above all, you have been living on Sunday afternoons, Saturday evenings with French people for 60 years. That you have unearthed so much talent from Dalida to Johnny Hallyday, including unexpected encounters between Serge Gainsbourg and Whitney Houston. Basically, you crossed our lives. I wanted to know what the plans were for the years to come?
, continues Emmanuel Macron.
The secret to longevity
A beautiful tribute for Michel Drucker who says that with the President of the Republic, they
“immediately spoke to each other”
.
“Because I told him that I could be his father
,” explains the host. Michel Drucker then reports one of their conversations, dating from 2018, in the midst of the Yellow Vest crisis. Emmanuel Macron would have asked him for his secret to longevity.
A revelation that Michel Drucker also shares this evening with France Télévisions viewers:
“The passion, the mentality, very strong and the desire to last”
.
“That’s my primary concern. I like everything that lasts. I love a relationship that lasts, families that last, friendships that last and health that lasts. I almost didn't check that last box
,” he continues, referring to his recent health problems. Two open heart operations. The nickname Terminator that he is now given at the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital.
“I don’t know the word retirement
,” Michel Drucker told TV Magazine last summer.
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