Yann Barthès can boast of a good career. At the height of his 46 years, he is in charge of his own program, Daily, program broadcast on TMC. Before that, he presented The small newspaper – a pastille diffused in The Grand Journal sure Canal +, later became a full-fledged show, in 2011. And yet, the one who started as a trainee in the communication department of the encrypted channel was not intended to to become one of the most famous faces of the French audiovisual landscape, according to the revelations of his former colleague, Jean-Michel Aphatie. Guest in Instant De Luxe, broadcast on Non Stop People Monday, January 4, 2021, the latter spoke about the start of the journalist's career.
According to Jean-Michel Aphatie, Yann Barthès was not very comfortable with the idea of speaking on the small screen. "During the first two seasons, The small newspaper is in The Grand Journal and no one notices it. It's probably not quite good … a draft no doubt, but no one notices. And then, Laurent Bon [the producer of the show, editor's note] imposes a little, because'he didn't want to, to Barthès who did the voice-over of Small Journal, to come and do it on the set. And at first, Barthès did not want to. He didn't want to show himself ", he revealed, in full transparency.
After doubts … success
Over time, the former columnist took his marks: "I remember Barthès very tense, not comfortable in the exercise at the beginning. Afterwards, he learned and progressed ", underlined Jean-Michel Aphatie. According to the political journalist who has been full of praise about his colleague, it is even thanks to him that the famous column ended up seducing viewers. "Laurent Bon is a brilliant producer. He understood that there was potential. From the day he put Barthès on the set, we spotted The small newspaper. We spotted the tone, the amusements, the irony, the talent. Barthès had to come on the set for us to spot that ", he added before concluding on the extent of the notoriety of Yann Barthès: "You put him in the street, it's riot!"
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