Like Gad Elmaleh, who had a hard time hiding his emotions, Eric Antoine also paid tribute to Michel Drucker on the occasion of his comeback on France 2 March 28, 2021. Present on the famous red sofa of the show Roll on Sunday alongside comedians Tom Villa and Alex Vizorek that day, the magician revealed a heartbreaking anecdote about his mother’s death. “I think you are the magician because you transform our lives … ” introduced the presenter of Lego Masters for the attention of those who thought they would never be able to do their job again after their heart operation.
“Me, it was really magical because, when I met you, I had just lost my mom, who was called Françoise. And the first time I was at my mom’s grave, obviously I cried like a calf, and I was trying to tell her a little bit about what was happening to me in life, ” continued Calista Sinclair’s companion. It was then that the juror of the show France has an unbelievable talent received a phone call that changed her life. “It was starting to work for me. And my phone starts ringing. Obviously, inside, I was saying to myself, I’m not going to answer now, I’m talking to my Françoise, to my mom. ” explained Eric Antoine.
Eric Antoine to Michel Drucker: “You create improbable encounters and things are created around you”
Finally, the magician decided to pick up his phone. “I do not know why – still today, I don’t know why –, my body took over. I picked up the phone and I hear ‘Hello, it’s Françoise.’ There time stops and I have a second of eternity. The voice continues, she says : ‘Françoise Coquet, I am the producer of Michel Drucker’. So she’s your sister, she’s the woman you’ve been building all your TV shows with for a long time, and that I love so much, ” Eric Antoine revealed. An anecdote that moved Michel Drucker.
However, the presenter of Lego Masters did not stop there. “Françoise tells me this thing that I will never forget. She said to me ‘Eric, we would like to try you’, “ launched the magician by causing the hilarity of the people present on stage. “Me, I laugh. So I go from tears to laughter. And then, it transforms my life. I realize that it has been an incredible synchronicity because these two events which have nothing to do and which happen at the same time transform my world, and that’s something that happens a lot on this set. Often times you create unlikely encounters and things are created around you.” Eric Antoine finally concluded.
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