Michel Drucker: why he lied to his wife, Dany, during his hospitalization

A real obstacle course… At 80, Michel Drucker still finds viewers every week in Can’t wait for Sundayon France 3. If the host is hyper-active, he had yet to take a break two years ago. In September 2020, Michel Drucker indeed underwent a triple bypass in order to unclog his arteries. Wednesday, September 7, 2022, in the columns of Paris Matchhe assured:These months in the hospital now feel like a descent into hell.“In good times as in bad times, he can still rely on his wife, Dany Saval. Unfortunately, she was not as present as she would have liked during her operation.”For the simple reason that it was impossible. Because of Covid-19, families of patients were not allowed to enter hospitals. So I haven’t seen him for six months“, she confided.

Assuring to have been serene during the hospitalization of her husband, Dany Saval explained: “It was his brother, Jacques Drucker, a doctor himself, who spoke to the doctors. Michel asked him to give me some reassuring information, so I wasn’t worried at all.Looking back on the day she learned it all, she added: “It was only when Michel got home that I found out what had happened: he collapsed sobbing in my arms and then told me everything. I fell from the clouds. I had blindly believed what I had been told.“Today, Dany Saval believes that her husband wanted to protect her and does not consider himself to be her pillar.”We are two, but one does not go without the other“, she said. She has always been attentive to the state of health of Michel Drucker. Galathe host said of his return to the air: “My wife thinks I’m masochistic. She said to me: ‘After all that you have taken, do you need this fatigue and this stress?’“

Michel Drucker’s doctors were worried

In June 2021, in the columns of the ParisianProfessor Albert Hagège, who operated on the host, said: “The operation involved a double-digit risk, which is a lot. We had also mentioned what we had to do in the event of a vegetative state upon waking.He then added:I had social pressure, obviously. But once in the block, he’s a patient like any other. And since it’s an unscheduled lifesaving surgery, we have even less time to stress.“Evoking the inconsistencies of Michel Drucker after his resuscitation, an intern had slipped:”He no longer had the nation of the hour and wondered if he could return to television. While we were wondering if he was going to live.“Moved, a caregiver had indicated:”Michel Drucker was a kind, calm and discreet patient, who never complained despite his relapses.“