Friday, May 9, 2025, a page in the history of TF1 will turn, given that Jacques Legros will present his last JT of 1 p.m. For the latter, Marie-Sophie Lacarrau imposed one thing for him, as he revealed on the South Radio antenna.
Currently at the head of the 1 p.m. TF1 news, Jacques Legros replaces Marie-Sophie Lacarrau as usual during the latter’s holidays. However, the one who was the official joker of the late Jean-Pierre Pernaut for many years will soon to withdraw from the antenna. Indeed, he will present his last television news live this Friday, May 9, 2025 on TF1.
“The last may be quite bad. I feel a certain emotion to go up. I will try to arm myself. And then I know there are little things that will happen too. When I see them talking in the corridor, I have fears“said Jacques Legros in particular on Wednesday May 7, 2025 on the antenna of Sud radio. The journalist also explained that he did not choose the date of his last news.
Jacques Legros had no choice on the date of his last
“This date was imposed on me by Marie-Sophie Lacarrau Who wanted to take a week’s vacation at that time. Quite naturally, I replaced it would have been the following week or the week before, it would have been the same thing. It was not I who chose on May 9. However, I chose to stop there. I could have done in summer, which was more or less planned elsewhere“said the emblematic joker of the 13h news from TF1.
“It did not fall like hail. It has been mature for about a year. So after, a year before why not, a year after why not? And then at one point, by flair, there is not really any objective reason, we say to ourselves: ‘Well, there I think it’s time’“, also added Jacques Legros. As a reminder, the former Joker of Jean-Pierre Pernaut had announced a few months ago his departure from the 13h JT of TF1 in the columns of Ouest-France.
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“I had no real intention deep inside me to stop. Everything was fine, I’m still in good shape, I take great pleasure in presenting this newspaper. The team, I love it. I’m going to cry when I’m going to leave them but just I think that’s when you have to know how to say: ‘I stop’“, however, underlined Jacques Legros at the microphone of Sud radio.
“I turn a page, that of the Pernaut-Legros era. These are two men from the North who give way to two women from the South. There is a kind of rocking. But you know, the woman is the future of the man“Finally concluded the TF1 journalist, who is not going to retire.”I am open to any new adventure“, Launched the one who will soon be replaced in his role as Joker by Isabelle Ithurburu.
