As a columnist on the show «Quelle Époque» on France 2, what are the themes or subjects that you are most passionate about exploring?
There isn’t really one particular subject that fascinates me. It’s really the news! It’s transforming this somewhat gray, somewhat sad material, especially at the moment, into acceptable and smiling news, by shifting, by finding the angle that makes us smile at the drama.
You are also a host on RTL. Can you tell us more about your radio experience and what attracts you to this medium?
I don’t know if my job is called a host.
I don’t think so… I am more at the border of the comedian, observing the journalists and extrapolating a little to tell nonsense about the same news, the same source as my journalist colleagues, whom I admire a lot, by the way.
Moreover, I deeply appreciate the intimacy of radio. Radio reaches the heart of people because it is a habitual medium and I receive messages from Casablanca, Quebec, or Sumatra, from people who listen in delayed time at any hour and for whom we are a link with the news.
I love the subtlety and finesse of radio writing.
Humor is at the heart of your work. How do you choose the subjects on which you will make your audience laugh, and what is your preferred style of humor?
So, we try not to stick to a particular style, a bit like in my clothing choices! «I have no style,» according to my wife. (Laughs)
More seriously, we constantly try to break the codes, to transform a sketch into a funny moment by doing a bad imitation, by playing an elderly character at one moment, or by speaking in a foreign language for a long sequence. We also make evocations of steps or we put ourselves in the shoes of a flight commander! In short, we always try to break the routine.
If you had to define yourself in three words?
In three words, it would be Peter Pan Syndrome.
I love Brel’s phrase «It took us a lot of courage to be old without being an adult.» That’s a real project.
To be old without being an adult, never.
What could you wish for the readers of LiFE magazine ?
To stay united despite everything and above all not to fall into the trap of judgmental disunity. It is a real job to remain open to the other, always!
I send you my warm regards.
