Friday June 24, 2022, Gérard Holtz and his son, Julien, granted an interview to Télépro. During it, the two men spoke of a complicated period in their lives.
The Telethon, Sportissimo, all sports… During his career, Gerard Holtz hosted many successful shows. If the journalist had many fans, it was after 44 years of career that he said goodbye to television on July 24, 2016. If having a famous father would make more than one dream, his son, Julien, assured that his notoriety had sometimes been negative for their family. Friday, June 24, 2022, for Teleprohe stated : “We suffered a bit. Our father did not belong to us. In the middle school years, the students sometimes do things that are not very nice. We are sidelined. It was a period that I experienced a little badly. From the age of 18, that changed.“
Being of the same opinion as his son, Gérard Holtz dropped: “Those were wasted times. We were going on vacation, people were pulling me by the shoulder to take a picture, people were constantly coming to see me at the table or in the street. It was kindness, but when you’re with family, it spoiled a bit.While he has long refused to sign autographs, the former TV star explained:It was of no use to me. I was always asked why I refused, it took me so long to explain that I decided to do autographs afterwards. I thought it was going to go away.Finally, he added:When I was in Rome in the Villa Medici, it was almost hell. I am often told that I cradled people’s childhood. Recently, a lady saw me at the Monoprix, she turns around once, twice, three times and she says to me: ‘Don’t tell me it’s not you!’“
Gérard Holtz: “I regretted two things”
During this interview, the ex-journalist spoke of the regrets he had in relation to his career. “I regretted two things. The first is to have said yes to Sportissimo, I wanted to make a magazine with sports reports and the production threw me some changesI should have said no“, he first confided. Finally, he added: “The second is the 1 p.m. newspaper for the conditions, I was not well surrounded, I did not surround myself enough to protect myself. There were internal fights to get ideas across, I regretted having done the 1 p.m. in those conditions.“
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Gerard Holtz
If the journalist had many fans, it was after 44 years of career that he said goodbye to television on July 24, 2016.
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Gérard Holtz and his son Julien
If having a famous father would make more than one dream, his son, Julien, assured that his notoriety had sometimes been negative for their family.
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Gerard Holtz
Friday June 24, 2022, for Télépro, he said: “We suffered a little. Our father did not belong to us. In the college years, the students sometimes do things that are not very nice.
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Being of the same opinion as his son, Gérard Holtz let go: “It was wasted moments. We were going on vacation, people were pulling me by the shoulder to take a picture, people came to see me constantly at the table or in the street.”
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Gerard Holtz
While he has long refused to sign autographs, the former TV star explained, “It was useless for me.”
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Gerard Holtz added: “When I was in Rome in the Villa Medici, it was almost hell.”
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Gérard Holtz and his son Julien
Friday June 24, 2022, Gérard Holtz and his son, Julien, granted an interview to Télépro.
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Gérard Holtz at the “Monaco Better World Forum” gala dinner and presentation of the MBWF Humanitarian Awards at the Monaco yacht Club, September 22, 2018.
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Gérard Holtz at the presentation of the TNN in Nice at the TNN kiosk, promenade du Paillon, June 24, 2020.
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Gerard Holtz said: “Recently, a lady saw me at the Monoprix, she turns around once, twice, three times and she says to me: ‘Don’t tell me it’s not you!'”