The facilitator continues the surprises! Wednesday July 12, 2023, via Instagram, Laurent Ruquier confirmed his departure from France 2. If he was in contact with TF1, it is finally where we did not expect him that the host will land at the start of the school year. Saturday July 15, 2023, in the columns of Parisianhe revealed that he would present the news segment from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., on BFM TValongside Julie Hammett, starting in October. “For me, it’s a big challenge, a real page that turns. I forget my comedian cap”he confided before slipping: “But I keep my perspective, my opinions, my sense of repartee. I want to bounce back and debate the news, I did that for years opposing people like Éric Naulleau, Eric Zemmour, Natacha Polony, Aymeric Caron…” Asked about this decision, Hugo Manos’ companion said: “It happened quickly. I decided very late not to continue with the public service because I learned at the last moment, at the end of June, that I was being removed from prime time shows.
Laurent Ruquier: “Everything happened very quickly”
Close to the CEO of BFM TVthe host explained: “It was an opportunity to bounce back differently. How well I know Marco [Marc-Olivier Fogiel, patron de BFMTV, ndlr], we discussed it together, first in a friendly way. He didn’t expect me to be interested in a slice on a news channel. He said to me: ‘you have to come to BFM!'” For the ParisianLaurent Ruquier indicated that he was already thinking “to new voices, new faces”before specifying: “I am someone who knows how to distribute the word, it is my trademark. I will be there to edit the section, to make sometimes new choicesboth to follow the major information and perhaps also to unearth another look, another angle.” After assuring viewers would rediscover his “quirky side,” he added: “We still have to see with Marc-Olivier Fogiel what precise content we will offer in this installment, everything was done very quickly, that’s why we are launching in October.” See you in a few months…