Invited to the microphone of Sud Radio this Thursday, October 6, Sébastien Folin returned to a memory … a little embarrassing. Some time after refusing a position at TF1, the host had to call Evelyne Dhéliat to make her mea culpa.
Sébastien Folin’s career has not been a long calm river. Well known for his role as host at TF1, the latter did not have a clear professional path. Quite the contrary. After doing his ranges on the radio on the island of Reunion, Sébastien Folin then went on the antennas of RFM and NRJbefore joining Paris out of love for his wife, who wanted to continue her studies in France in 1999.
Anxious to quickly find a job, the animator applied for various job offers. And there, a certain Evelyne Dhéliat gives him a phone call to offer him a job interview at TF1. It was at the microphone of Sud Radio’s Loft Music program for which he was interviewed after being at the initiative of an ecological and artistic festival at the beginning of November that he returned to this anecdote that he will never forget. “A few days after my arrival in mainland France, I had Évelyne Dhéliat who called me to offer to do the weather forecast. And as at the time I was having fun as a director, I refused. So everyone told me you’re stupid, you said no to TF1 but anything!”, he commented.
Sébastien Folin managed to get a second chance at TF1
After refusing the position, therefore, Sébastien Folin is starting to bite his fingers. So there’s only one thing left to do: he pulls out his phone to call back Evelyne Dhéliat, already head of the TF1 weather service. “I called a little sheepish… I remember it was in early December 2000. I left a somewhat embarrassed message to Évelyne Dhéliat on her voicemail. I tell her ‘well, there you go, you called me six months ago, I refused, all in all I want to reconsider your proposal’, telling myself that she will never call me back. Five minutes later she calls me back. She says to me ‘Sébastien come, you are going to give it a try’“, he said. The rest of the story? Sébastien Folin was hired and made the heyday of the first channel in France.
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Sebastien Folin
Well known for his role as host at TF1, the latter did not have a clear professional path.
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Sebastien Folin
After having made his ranges on the radio on the island of Reunion, Sébastien Folin then passed on the antennas of RFM and NRJ…
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Sebastien Folin
Before joining Paris out of love for his wife, who wanted to continue her studies in France in 1999.
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Sebastien Folin
Anxious to quickly find a job, the animator applied for various job offers.
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Sebastien Folin
And there, a certain Evelyne Dhéliat gives him a phone call to offer him a job interview at TF1.
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Sebastien Folin
“A few days after my arrival in mainland France, I had Évelyne Dhéliat who called me to offer me to do the weather forecast. And as at the time I was having fun as a director, I refused”.
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Sebastien Folin
“So everyone told me you’re stupid, you said no to TF1 but anything!”, He commented.
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Sebastien Folin
After refusing the job, therefore, Sébastien Folin begins to bite his fingers.
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Sebastien Folin
So there’s only one thing left to do: he pulls out his phone to call back Evelyne Dhéliat, already head of the TF1 weather service.
© Bruno Bébert
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Sebastien Folin
“I tell her ‘well, here you go, you called me six months ago, I refused, all in all I want to reconsider your proposal’, telling myself that she will never call me back”.