On December 1, Bruce Toussaint said goodbye to BFMTV to his show, the Live All Saints’ Daya program he presented for more than five years. “I sincerely and warmly thank the editorial staff. who does a fantastic job every day throughout France and around the world to keep you informed. Thanks to the technical teams”, he assured, facing the camera. Internally, the departure of the television presenter for TF1 seems to have been hasty. This is evidenced by the host’s confidences during an interview with TV Mag. “The conditions were not right for a farewell party, it could have been taken the wrong way or considered provocative. So I preferred to tiptoe away.”he indicated.
Later in the interview, Bruce Toussaint spoke about the continuation of his last day in the BFMTV premises. “I left the air at 11:50 a.m., the team I worked with thanked me very warmly”he declared, before continuing: “I took off my makeup, I got my coat, I went down to the parking lot, I got into my car, I crossed the Seine and I parked in front of TF1, because I didn’t have a badge yet, then I joined a meeting at 12:05. I turned the page very quickly because I had no choice.“
Bruce Toussaint joins TF1, a gloomy atmosphere at BFMTV
Internally, this sneaky departure seems to have caused incomprehension. As revealed Le Figaro, on December 11, Marc-Olivier Fogiel, the general director of the continuous news channel, would not have yet digested the fact of reviewing its program schedule only four weeks after the start of the September school year. “In twenty-five years in the business, this is the first time I’ve seen this! Bruce told me he would have preferred to stay until June. But it was a pressing request from TF1 which he could not resist”regretted Marc-Olivier Fogiel during an exchange with The gallery, on November 5. Other BFMTV employees would also have been surprised by the abrupt departure of Bruce Toussaint. “We are often asked to participate in prize pools for going away gifts. But there, nothing“, underlined a journalist from the editorial staff Figaro.
Article written in collaboration with 6Medias.
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