This Wednesday, January 4, Julien Arnaud, the flagship presenter of TF1 and LCI, revealed the most traumatic experience he had live on the set of the show Buzz-TV to TVMagazine.
Julien Arnaud has become for several years an emblematic figure of the TF1 group. He replaces his colleague Gilles Bouleau at the 8 p.m. presentation when the latter has been off since 2012 and also had to take over at short notice from Marie-Sophie Lacarrau at 1 p.m. when she suffered from a severe infection. eye for several weeks. The presenter was also very close to Jean-Pierre Pernaut to whom he paid a very nice tribute several months ago.
“A terrible memory”
This Wednesday, January 4, Julien Arnaud was the guest of Buzz-TV (to see here) with Damien Canivez and Sarah Lecoeuvre. He confided during the show on his most traumatic memory on the air… which has a connection with the French football team ! Indeed, after the victory of the Blues at the 2018 World Cup, the presenter put himself in a perilous situation on the occasion of a special edition for the return of French players to Paris. “I had been asked to be in the special edition of the return of the Blues to Paris. I was on the motorcycle following the bus from Roissy to the Champs-Élysées. A terrible memory. It’s like Mad Max”, he recalled. ”There were hundreds of motorbikes around, with all the over-excited Blues fans going full throttle while filming. It was crazy! I was in the middle of it, terrified. I saw my life go by!“And unfortunately, the presenter took many risks for nothing,”In addition, the link did not work!”
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“We can’t stop everything”
Julien Arnaud has been on the air for more than twenty years now and has already had to announce many bad news to live viewers, such as the recent death of Brazilian player Pelé. However, he has a habit of remaining impassive in the face of the announcements he receives in his headset. He thus managed to hold out for several minutes before officially communicating it on the air. “It’s “8 pm” so we can’t stop everything to switch to this information. The obituary was already ready so we let a subject or two pass and then I improvised a launch”, he explained during the broadcast.
