Vincent Lagaf speaks transparently about the money he earned throughout his career as a TV host and the way he approached success and notoriety. Today, the host is surprised by the amount of his retirement pension, at 64 years old.
Gold calls, Funny game, The Bigdil Or The right price…In the early 1990s, Vincent Lagaf saw his career as a television host take off and his notoriety skyrocket thanks to the success of several shows on TF1. The motorsport enthusiast remembers it like it was yesterday and talks about all the money he received at the time, when he was in full glory. “I didn’t make any money until I was 30, and then at 30 I took the lottery in order in one go“he revealed on the show TV: your merciless universe which was broadcast on the channel C8 on Saturday April 6, before explaining that he could have lost his footing at times. “Every day, you see the pill you take, I lost my temper. I became an idiot“he assured.
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Vincent Lagaf remembered a specific moment to illustrate his point, when he went to a dealership to buy a new luxury car. “You go to Jaguar, you say: ‘I would like this Jaguar’”he said, before letting it be known that he had been asked to wait six months, the time necessary to place an order and receive said vehicle. “I’ll add 20% to you, I’ll leave with it”he retorted at the time, not hesitating to line up the tickets to immediately obtain what he dreamed of.
How did Vincent Lagaf experience his success?
The one we were able to applaud in Fort Boyard and hear in The Big Heads believes that the notoriety “open all doors for you” And “the money you earn allows you to treat yourself to what you want to treat yourself to”. On the professional plan, “when it’s a hit you become the king”, he added. When “you earn money, people love you, you are successful”and if “you need to speak to management TF1you have the direct line”he said immediately, suggesting that today was a completely different story… “Afterwards, when it stops, you have the secretary of the secretary of the secretary and you never manage to get the telephone number” of the management team, affirmed Vincent Lagaf, bluntly.
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More discreet today, the author of the work My name was Frank (2023) no longer earns as much money at age 64. If he doesn’t complain about it strictly speaking, he is surprised by the amount of his pension. “I didn’t hurt anyone, I still paid my taxes. I paid taxes”he justified himself in memory of the past, before revealing that he was currently in “1,700 retirement balls” per month. “When I get my pension, I say to myself: ‘Are you sure I paid all that in taxes?’he quipped in conclusion.
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Vincent Lagaf is not the only personality who was interviewed on the show TV: your merciless universe, since viewers were able to hear the stories of Sophie Davant, Benjamin Castaldi and Jean-Pierre Foucault, who had already recently spoken out about his serious health problems. The former Channel 1 star is also not the first to reveal the amount of his retirement pension, suggesting it was a far cry from what he was previously able to receive. This is the case of the singer Annie Philippe who made it understood that she had “big problems” financiers in the show At Jordan’s (C8) as recently as last week.
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Further back in time, Amanda Lear revealed that she was ruined because of a bad habit which ruined her accounts and the former Star Academy singing teacher confided in the subject of her difficulties in making ends meet from retired “lamentable”.
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