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It is with her familiar voice, the one who has accompanied millions of viewers since 1998, that Jacques Legros is about to say goodbye at the 13 hours of TF1. Friday, May 2, an extract from his passage in We redo the TVEric Dussart and Jade’s show on RTL, was revealed on Instagram, revealing A farewell while modesty.
Jacques Legros, an outing without “pathos” but full of emotion
“It is not written because I don’t want to write it, it is in my head”, says the 74 -year -old journalist about his starting speech, before clarifying: “I don’t want to do in pathos (…) Then after saying ‘ohlala you will regret me’, no that’s not me. No one will regret me. I will regret the viewers. “
Jacques Legros therefore leaves room for Isabelle Ithurburu, whom he considers to be an excellent choice. For the one who was the Joker of Jean-Pierre Pernaut then by Marie-Sophie Lacarrau, the page is difficult to turn. “That’s why I’m already trembling“he admits, evoking his ease of pouring a “Larmichette”. The latter even quenches: “I’m going to see in pharmacy if there is not an emotion medication.”
A sweet retirement, but not inactive
This departure is not the fruit of a decision taken lightly. In an interview with TV 7 days Last April, the journalist explained: “I have been preparing for it for a few years (…). I wanted to go as long as I still took a lot of fun on the air.” If he admits that Thierry Thuillier, boss of TF1’s info, would have preferred that he stays a little longer, The accumulated fatigue Last summer weighed in the scale: “I finished tired after six weeks of presentation.”
As for the future, it remains vague, but promising. “I am unable to stop. I have nothing planned, but I have a desire per hour and an idea per day”he launches with malice in TV 15 days. If we will not see it in Dance with the stars, The host evokes a trip to California alongside his wife Valérie Legros, His first real summer vacation For a long time.
In almost three decades, Jacques Legros will have marked the French audiovisual landscape by its consistency, its reliability and its reassuring voice. This Friday, May 9, he will offer viewers His ultimate newspaper With a contained but sincere emotion.
