January 17 in It can happen to you on M6, Julien Courbet paid poignant tribute to one of his deceased close friends. The host appeared moved, in front of a screen on which the first name of the victim was projected.
Emotion sequence. On January 17, 2022, Julien Courbet made an appointment with viewers of the M6 channel, but also with RTL listeners, for a new episode of It can happen to you. And against all odds, the host wished to conclude the program by speaking with emotion about an event in his private life. An astonishing thing coming from someone who has more accustomed his followers to seeing him being snubbed by certain bosses or bursting into uncontrollable laughter… But today, it was the heart that spoke and the emotion was at the rendezvous on the program set. Julien Courbet wanted to make a poignant nod to one of his close friends, recently deceased. While the giant screen standing behind him projected the name “Lionel”, the great defender of the animal cause made a short speech, his voice trembling.
“He left us last week…”
“Here, He was one of my best friends…“, began Julien Courbet, stretching out his arm towards the giant screen where the sentence was projected: “For Lionel…” Without giving too much information about his missing friend, the host added: “He left us last week and I know tonight, or all day, he listened to this show and had a blast. See you soon bro. Thanks to all of you friends, have a nice day.” The show It can happen to you therefore ended with a zoom towards the words dedicated to his friend on the giant screen.
A start to the year marked by mourning
Last December, the presenter took to his Twitter account to pay tribute to his mother, who died six months earlier, absent from the holiday season for the first time. “First Christmas without you mum! I can’t help thinking of all the others and all the sacrifices with dad so that we don’t miss anything”, could we read on the social network. And to conclude with emotion about the one who gave him life: “There is a gift that could not return in a package, it is your love for your children…”