His many fans are counting the days. Monday March 1, 2021, Bernard Montiel found Benjamin Castaldi on the set of his new show, 6 to 7, broadcast on C8. On this occasion, the great friend of Laeticia Hallyday gave news of Michel drucker, recovering from a heavy heart operation that occurred in September 2020. Indeed, the seventy-eight-year-old host had triple coronary bypass surgery. "He came close to the disaster" explained Benjamin Castaldi. For his part, Michel Drucker reassured his fans via an SMS sent to Leisure TV : "I'm getting better and better after a heavy open heart operation. I'll be back in a few months, with a brand new heart… and great! " And since … no more news.
"It hit him hard, he lost ten kilos"
On the set of 6 to 7, Benjamin Castaldi gave more details on the state of health of Michel Drucker at the time of his hospitalization: "At the end of August, I got him on the phone, he seemed out of breath, he believed for a moment that he had caught the Covid but in fact not at all ", he confided, specifying that he had "a little taken by the disease". After months of convalescence and a high risk of infection, Michel Drucker began a long journey of rehabilitation: "I know it hit him hard. I know he lost ten kilos, but now he begins to take them back, I got him on the phone, and I'm very happy that he is obviously coming back ", said Bernard Montiel, rather confident.
According to The Parisian, Michel Drucker is reportedly currently preparing his comeback on television. A return that could take place on March 28, 2021 with a new episode of Roll on Sunday sure France 2. Françoise Coquet, her longtime producer, explained to the same newspaper that France Télévisions had scheduled reruns of Michel Drucker's shows. to maintain the link with its loyal viewers. A sign of loyalty to the one who is about to celebrate his fifty-seven years of career: "He's a fighter and he misses the TV. He will die on stage," she concluded about her friend.
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