“The only thing I have is,” the host regrets spending all his money

Fort Boyard, Pyramid, Numbers and letters…So many cult shows which will undoubtedly remain forever engraved in the collective memory of viewers of an entire generation. Just like their host! From the beginning of the 1970s until very recently, Patrice Laffont accompanied the French in their daily lives, thus achieving a certain notoriety which, by his own admission, brought him a lot of money. However, if he admits to having benefited from it, today he finds himself totally destitute. This is what he has just confided in all humility in the broadcast of C8 TV, your merciless universe in which eminent personalities from the small screen tell their stories and share sometimes unexpected anecdotes.

After Sophie Davant who spoke about her romance with William Leymergie, just like Vincent Lagaf recently Patrice Laffont spoke freely about his finances, which are complicated to say the least. “I earned my living very wellI’m not complaining, but since I was a cicada, well there you go….”he explained on April 28 on C8suggesting that he had nothing left today and before asserting that he had no “not worked much”. “I’m not a hard worker. It went smoothly. It’s good”he added.

Patrice Laffont spent everything without saving

So much so that the son of Robert Laffont, founder of the editions of the same name, absolutely did not “Nothing” at 84 years old. “Not a house, not an apartment”he added. “The only thing I have in equity, at the limit, is my car, and even then, it is old”according to him. “But I still have a weird relationship with money, which means I’m terrible. I don’t manage it”he was kind enough to admit in the end, he who considers himself to have committed only one real “error” during his long career as an animator. It was in 2001, when the show Pyramid met with great success.

Attracted by the gain, he agreed to present the game show The Fair Euro which, due to lack of suitable audiences, remained on the air for less than a month. “For three weeks, I filled my little pockets, but afterwards, I found myself with nothing”he wanted to make known on this subject, while emphasizing that had resumed Pyramid in the process, and in a new format, for a final year. Since then, the father of comedian Axelle Laffont has continued his journey with other shows, making himself increasingly rare on television. We saw it particularly in Highway Code, the big exam Or Intercity in the 2000s, then in 12 pieces of luggage on NRJ 12and as a columnist for Cyril Hanouna in Do not touch My TV in 2020.

Patrice Laffont receives an insufficient pension

This is not the first time that Patrice Laffont has discussed his financial situation publicly, we remember that he spoke directly about his retirement on the show At Jordan’s by Jordan De Luxe, in 2021. “I have a very small retirement and the day I no longer work, I will be in a bit of trouble. And that’s how it is, I’m 82 years old and it doesn’t matter. Maybe I’ll die in the street.”he declared, giving the figure of 3,500 euros much lower than the 10,000 euros he had estimated necessary to live in comfort.

Just like him, other personalities have appeared on the set of At Jordan’s to share what they describe as meager retirement pensions, openly sharing their difficulties in making ends meet. As examples, we can cite Alain Afflelou, Isabelle Balkany and Sylvain Augier.

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