Laurent Ruquier separated from Benoît Petitjean: "I changed three years ago": Current Woman The MAG

It is a development that Laurent Ruquier wanted to make! The 58-year-old host took advantage of his show on Saturday, March 6, 2021 We are live on France 2 to let it be known that he was no longer in a relationship with actor Benoît Petitjean, with whom he had a PACS in 2012 and that he was living a new love story that lasts. "It's been three years now, that's it", he launched in the face of questions from his evening guests Thierry Ardisson, Maïtena Biraben and Bérengère Krief. "Hey, by the way, we can enjoy it tonight. Because the newspapers always marry me with the ex…", he continued. "So, poor man, he's fed up. Suffice it to say: I changed three years ago". A rare confidence, as the presenter of Big heads is discreet about his private life. Despite the insistence of Thierry Ardisson, Laurent Ruquier did not want to give more details: "Thierry, you know everything about my life. I don't need to tell you". Thus, viewers were not entitled to the first name of the new man who shares the life of Laurent Ruquier. However, they were able to learn that he was still on good terms with his former companion. In response to Thierry Ardisson who, decidedly in a teasing mood, tried to make him say bad things about the theater actor by launching "what an asshole the previous one", Laurent Ruquier retorted: "Not at all! You have to keep good relations with your ex".

Laurent Ruquier: the surprising birthday present that his companion wanted to give him

But if Laurent Ruquier plays the timid on television, he happens to be more talkative on the radio. On Friday February 26, 2021, he revealed in Big Heads on RTL the strange present that his new companion had wanted to give him for his birthday: "To be honest, since it was my birthday this week, a few friends asked, 'What can we do as a present'… And my companion replied: 'a dressing gown'". An anecdote that made the members of the cult show that he took over in September 2014 laugh.

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