It is in all transparency that Benjamin Castaldi delivered on Saturday February 6, 2021 on the airwaves of RTL. The famous host confided in the lives of his grandparents, Simone Signoret and Yves Montand, but also on the shows Loft Story and Secret Story, which he led for several years. Cyril Hanouna's sidekick spoke about the various shenanigans made by the production of the program.
"In Loft 2 we tripped over the carpet. The carambouille we made was that we did not want to lose candidates. There was a candidate who was, I believe, the fairground, when she passed the votes at 9:12 p.m., we cut everything to be able to keep it". Thing that did not exist in Secret Story. "It was not possible on Secret because the votes were opened by the bailiff and closed by the bailiff. Afterwards, we're not going to lie to each other, it's very easy to edit. If there is a candidate that bothers you, he disappears all week from daily. And there you will see that it is not favorites in the votes"he confessed. A time which the host remembers perfectly and who was particularly fruitful.
Benjamin Castaldi, millionaire for several years
Benjamin Castaldi admits it, he made a very good living during the time of Secret Story. He also revealed to have won between "one and two million euros per year". Several years spent with a salary between "400,000 and 650,000 euros per season ". But the son of Jean-Pierre Castaldi would like to clarify: "It didn't last very long. Between two or three years". Unfortunately, he lost everything. Indeed, the fifty-something was victim of a scam in the course of 2012 who has it "left on the straw". Yet Benjamin Castaldi recognizes it : "I was not very far-sighted, I thought I had been by buying different things but when things are not going we take the house, the cars, the furniture … At one time I was holding the fridge of a hand, and the TV on the other ". Financial troubles for which he still bears the brunt to this day …
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