We are live: the reason for the departure of Laurent Ruquier is called… Léa Salamé

This is a rumor that has been circulating for several weeks. Laurent Ruquier confirmed it. All said the host about the departure of the Saturday evening time slot, in the second part of the evening, while Léa Salamé had to recover, alone, the reins ofWe are live. It is now official. “Since the information has been published, I confirm that tomorrow evening [samedi 4 juin, ndlr] will be my last show from Saturday night after 17 seasons together from We’re not in bed to We’re live“, writes Laurent Ruquier in a message posted on his Twitter account this Friday, June 3. If he affirms that “leave this time slot” is his decision, the host of France 2 all the same implies that Léa Salamé is not totally foreign to this desire to draw a line under this slice, “not being comfortable co-hosting for a talk show“.

“I tried, but despite my natural understanding with Léa Salamé, I consider the exercise too frustrating“, he explains. Fair play, Laurent Ruquier still wants “good luck to Léa Salamé as well as its producer” for their next season in this same box, while he “works with France 2 on new projects for the start of the school year. I also hope to see you again with joy, next season, every Sunday evening for Les enfants de la télé“, he specifies before thanking all the artists he has received on his set over the years as well as the technical teams and the production who have supported him over the past two seasons.

Léa Salamé wants to “show this facet of [sa] personality”

On the side of Léa Salamé, this experience on the Saturday evening talk made her want to rub shoulders more with a lighter register than that of politics. “Co-presenting On est en direct on Saturday evenings with Laurent Ruquier allowed me to ‘open my chakras’. I like this lighter register. I want to go in this direction, to show this facet of my personality“, she explained to our colleagues from Entertainment TV on May 2. At the time, the journalist from France Inter was “not sure“than his colleague”has made its final decision“.”Me too, I discuss with him, and the chain. We’ll see if we continue together or not“, she then launched. In order to ease the foot a little, Léa Salamé should therefore not return to the animation of the political program of France 2. Contrary to what she had suggested at first, she will not leave the morning of France Inter next season. The transfer window has only just begun.

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