Emblematic face of French television, and more particularly of the public service, Michel Drucker is mainly known today for being the presenter of the cult Sunday program Can’t wait for Sunday. Launched on the antenna of France 2 in 1998, this weekly program was transferred to France 3 in 2021. However, the last seasons of this unmissable event for the antennas of France Télévisions have been greatly disrupted by the health problems of Michel Drucker. For memory, the 80-year-old host had been absent for several months after a first open heart operation in 2020, which required a very long convalescence in the hospital. While he thought the worst was behind him, he was unfortunately once again overtaken by his health problems. Michel Drucker had to undergo a new open heart operation a few months agoonce again forcing him to abandon his show.
Michel Drucker: “Without Dany, without Stéfanie, […] I would never have got out of it”
While he will be back at the helm of Can’t wait for Sunday on Sunday, August 27, 2023 on France 3, Michel Drucker confided in the terrible ordeals he went through recently, alongside his wife Dany Saval. In an interview with the magazine Gala Wednesday August 23, 2023, the presenter’s companion revealed that she was totally unaware of the seriousness of the condition where her husband was. “No one told me the truth. My daughter Stéfanie, who went to see him every lunchtime, had to ask the doctors to hide her from me. we no longer met anyone, explained Dany Saval. For his part, Michel Drucker was not frankly very optimistic about his chances of survival. “Me, honestly, I thought I was finished. It took me a month to be able to sit in an armchair, and two months to go in the shower. Without Dany, without Stéfanie, who kindly knew how to hustle for me to eat again, I would never have gotten out of it”, underlined the presenter.