“TV was my refuge”
Since January 19, you have presented Good morning ! With you. What does this program offer?
Current affairs debates, conducted in good humor with a group of columnists, and viewers’ reactions sent live.
What does it reveal about you?
My responsiveness, my sense of improvisation, my taste for spontaneity. Even if the broadcasts are worked on, live, anything can happen. There is nothing more exciting.
The last time you laughed?
To Big Heads, on RTL. I have been a “member” for over ten years. On the microphone and off the air, we laugh a lot.
A hidden talent?
Drawing comics. My parents thought I would make a career out of it.
The Proust madeleine from your childhood?
The Dorothée club. Having experienced what we now call harassment, I was lonely. TV was my refuge and gave me comfort. Dorothée was like my nanny.
The person you are most grateful for?
My father, who died of cancer when I was 24, for the values he instilled in me. And my son, who I believe made me a better person.
A quality that you will be proud to pass on to your boy?
Loyalty, the basis of all relationships.
The object that crosses generations in your family?
A chandelier from my great-grandmother, collected by my grandmother, which sits on my stairs. I nicknamed her Mamie Jeannine.
What causes mobilize you?
Those of homosexual children rejected by their parents. I am the sponsor of the foundation The shelter who supports them. And the fight against the abandonment of pets.
A gesture of happy sobriety?
Cook seasonally.
We offer you an hour of silence. What do you do with it?
I chat with my dead.
A spiritual place you like to go to?
The 12th century church in my town, discovered thanks to my son. He has a passion for these places, for Jesus, and constantly questions us.
For you, Jesus, it is… an exemplary success since we are talking about him more than two thousand years after his death. People were touched by his message, which was so powerful that it remains relevant today. It’s fascinating, whether you believe in him or not.
