Jean-Luc Delarue: Sophie Davant tells how she replaced the host on the air, ten years after his death

TV documentary

Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 years already: success in excessthis is the name of the three-part documentary that will be broadcast TF1 on his channel on Wednesday August 24th. Dedicated to the TV host who died tragically ten years earlier from stomach and peritoneal cancer, this documentary will retrace his career, but also the old demons that haunted him.

In 2010, Jean-Luc Delarue was arrested for drug possession. Program producer It’s my choice Where Star at homebut also host of cult programs like It is discussed and It’s a storythe 46-year-old man at the time is forced to put his presence on the small screen on hold. France 2 then designates Sophie Davant to replace the TV host at the presentation of It’s a story on his channel.

On-Air Replacement

As reported Current wifeSophie Davant testified in the documentary Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 years already: success in excess in tribute to the man she replaced in It’s a story from September 27, 2010.

She who wore the TV host a “deep admiration and respect” remembered the day she started hosting the program of France 2Jen-Luc Delarue giving him backstage advice for his first day: “Me, I was still called during the day. There was a commotion, an open crisis both to manage the crisis and its image. And then to find a solution, because filming resumed the next day. she explained.

The TV host who was to host the show during “the time necessary for Jean-Luc Delarue to fight his fight until recovery” will remain finally six years to the presentation of the program. She will animate It’s a story until 2016, four years after the death of Jean-Luc Delarue.

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