After years of absence, Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine will make their return to television. In the columns of Télé Star this Monday, August 29, the duo confides in an open heart.
Their duo will forever remain one of television’s most iconic. For years, Laurent Fontaine and Pascal Bataille formed a duo at the helm of There’s only the truth that counts. In the early 2000s, they made the heyday of TF1 before their show was canceled. But she is about to make her big comeback! On September 8, in prime time on C8, viewers will find The most beautiful stories of the program. “Since confinement, the sequences of our show on the Internet have had incredible success. 2.5 billion views in total! And from all over the world because we have had them translated into several languages, rejoices Laurent Fontaine in an interview to be found in the columns of Télé Star on newsstands this Monday, August 29. So we wondered with Cyril Hanouna and C8, if it could work again on television.
This return is “a test” for the moment. “We will see if there is an interest from the public to consider new programs”, adds the host, impatient for this program to be broadcast. In our columns, Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine also confide at length about their friendship. And if their “professional roads separated in 2013”their “Friendship was never started”. It must be said that they have known each other since 1983! Despite their “political differences”, Laurent Fontaine and Pascal Bataille have “everything shared: the successes, the descent, the management of a box with his collaborator…” Something to be proud of this beautiful friendship. “On our deathbed, we can say that our friendship was rather successful”, he jokes again. Reforming this duo was therefore a pleasure for them. “We found our reflexes”, rejoices Pascal Bataille.
Laurent Fontaine and Pascal Bataille have changed their lives
But the two animators sometimes had to separate. “Pascal is very Bordeaux. My life is between Paris and the Maghreb since the mother of my daughters is Moroccan. At one time, I went up to 10 days a month in Morocco”, he confided. Happy to make their big comeback on television, Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine have changed their lives in recent years, since the judgment of There’s only the truth that counts. “If I do TV again, it’s not because I asked for it. I’m in TPMP People when they call me, Laurent Fontaine explained to us. And I also have a communication agency.” For his part, Pascal Bataille has been very discreet on the channels. “I miss the radio more, he assures us in our columns. Among other things, I take care of my hotel-restaurant in Cap-Ferret.”
Interview to be found in full in your magazine Télé Star on newsstands and in digital version this Monday, August 29, 2022
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Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine
In the early 2000s, they made the heyday of TF1 before their show was canceled. But she is about to make her big comeback!
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On September 8, in prime time on C8, viewers will find The most beautiful stories of the program
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Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine
“Since confinement, the sequences of our show on the Internet have had incredible success. 2.5 billion views in total! And from all over the world because we have had them translated into several languages”, rejoices Laurent Fontaine
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Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine
“So we wondered with Cyril Hanouna and C8, if it could work on television again.”
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Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine
This return is “a test” for the moment
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Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine
“We will see if there is an interest from the public to consider new programs”, adds the host, impatient for this program to be broadcast
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Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine
In our columns, Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine also talk at length about their friendship
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Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine
And if their “professional paths separated in 2013”, their “friendship was never started”
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Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine
It must be said that they have known each other since 1983!
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Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine
Despite their “political differences”, Laurent Fontaine and Pascal Bataille have “shared everything: the successes, the descent, the management of a box with his collaborator …”