The announcement of his eviction had the effect of a shock wave. In May 2019, Patrick Sébastien was removed from France Télévisions after twenty-three years of good and loyal service. An unexpected departure on which the former host of the Largest cabaret in the world agreed to come back in the next issue of TV Star, available on newsstands Monday, June 29, 2020. "I spent thirty fabulous years on television and five of shit. I'm really happy with what I did, but this world is behind me", says the PAF star, who believes that"TV has changed too much"."Today, office guys have the power to censor. And these guys have a deep contempt for my audience. "
"It makes me a huge financial hole"
If he has definitely turned the page on his career as an animator, Patrick Sébastien recognizes that this situation has serious consequences for his finances. "It makes me a huge financial hole but freedom comes at a price"He says. The former emblematic figure of France 2 is not about to leave the world of the small screen anytime soon."During the confinement, I invented a TV game, Culture People, which I’m going to suggest to animators I like"explains the sixty-something man, who sees the future with optimism."You see, they don't kill me. I'm still standing because it's my nature and no one will break my shell. "
Patrick Sébastien seems to have never been so full of projects. Thursday June 18, 2020, his book I moved the elephant has been published by XO editions. From the start of the school year, he will cross the roads of France as part of the zenith tour of Largest cabaret in the world and release a new album of songs. As reported TV Star, the theater buff also wrote a new play. The next few months promise to be particularly busy!
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