Rémi Jacob, with Solène Delinger / Photo credits: LOIC VENANCE / AFP
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11:36 a.m., July 05, 2023
It’s a real thunderclap. According to information from our colleagues from “Parisien”, Laurent Ruquier, cold with his management, should leave France 2 at the start of the school year. The host, who began his career at France TV more than 30 years ago, is said to be negotiating to go to a private channel… TF1!
It’s a small bomb dropped yesterday, Tuesday, July 4, 2023, by our colleagues from Parisian. Laurent Ruquier should no longer be on the airwaves of France Télévisions at the start of the school year. The public audiovisual group where he began his TV career in 1992! In question: strained relations with his management for a few months and in particular since the cessation of his Saturday evening talk show last year You are in direct.
Laurent Ruquier indicates that nothing has been done
For now, the information remains conditional because there has been no official confirmation from either side. Contacted Tuesday evening by Culture Media, France Télévisions declined to comment. On Twitter, Laurent Ruquier for his part indicated that nothing was done. “The Parisian seems better informed than me”, he writes. “Unless France 2 has decided for me”.
Negotiations started with TF1
But according to our information, The Parisianis indeed right, Laurent Ruquier should leave the channel. Negotiations have even been started with TF1… We will know more in the coming days. And it will undoubtedly be THE big soap opera of this end of the transfer window!