Jean-Pierre Foucault is not a little proud of his career. Saturday 19 December 2020, the presenter hosted for the 26th time the unmissable ceremony of Miss France 2021. And the septuagenarian does not intend to stop anytime soon "I can tell you that I know a lot of people would like to present Miss France. I tell them: 'In the tail, like everyone else!' " he said in a recent interview with TV-Leisure.
Indeed, to animate this famous contest is for him a chance. "For me it's a Miss France award. It’s an elixir. It is a pleasure to be able to rub shoulders, every year, like this for 3 hours live, the most beautiful young women who represent France and the overseas territories ". The facilitator therefore spent an emotional evening, during which Amandine Petit was crowned. But one small detail has raised concern among viewers. This is the voice of Jean-Pierre Foucault, which was more and more hoarse over the hours.
"We were several backstage with the same symptoms"
Jean-Pierre Foucault wanted to reassure viewers of TF1 : he is fine. At least that's what he said in an interview published in the columns of the Parisian, Sunday, December 20, 2020 in the morning. According to him, his loss of voice is explained by the presence of humidity on the film set. "This is due to the ambient humidity released by the reflecting pool around the stage. Twelve years ago they removed the water on the show we had already recorded here and I had no problem. The, We were several backstage with the same symptoms"he confided. Reassuring, the former host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? added "It was nothing, I'm doing a lot better". But if he confirms to be in good health, Jean-Pierre Foucault don't deny being tired "I haven't slept all night, with the excitement of such an evening, it's impossible." Like what, despite the experience, stringing together so many hours of filming always requires so much energy.
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