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Against all expectations, Patrick Sébastien dropped the mask on Friday evening on TF1. The former host, long resistant to the entertainment show, proved to be under the Rhino costume in “Mask singer”. The 71 -year -old animator thwarted the prognosis of Kev Adams, Élodie Poux, Chantal Ladesou and Laurent Ruquier, who did not recognize his voice however so familiar.
“‘The traitors’ is not my philosophy”
A surprising reversal, especially since Patrick Sébastien had categorically excluded to participate in such a program. On April 25, 2023 on Sud Radio, he assured: “There are things where I could earn a lot of money, I could go to “Dance with the stars” or “Mask Singer” but that’s not my thing. I was offered it but that doesn’t interest me at all, whatever the amount.“
So why this turnaround? “”I like ‘mask singer’ because it’s a game, it’s not a competition. And the games amuse me“, He told Camille Combal on TF1. Behind the scenes, he was impressed:”What convinced me to participate in ‘Mask Singer’ was that I found that there was a job and that it was very serious. There is a dream share. The work of costumers and everyone amazed me. And to bluff me, you need it on TV.”
If he finally gave in to “Mask Singer”, he continues to decline other popular formats. Contacted by “Dance with the stars“he persists and a sign: “I’m not the age. I don’t want to be ridiculous“He said to” Télé-Loisirs “.”However, they offered me a lot of money“, he says. Same position for”Traitors On M6 “, a program he hardly appreciates:” CE is not for me. We highlight betrayal values, we eliminate people, it’s not my philosophy.“
“I did it on purpose to say that I will never participate”
But is it a well-designed strategy? Because, “plot twist“, in another interview with our colleagues at” Diverto “after his elimination, the host said he used Ruse to take part in the Entertainment Program of TF1 without anyone suspecting his participation.”I am asked to participate in lots of programs, but it is true that I have been asked for some time for ‘Mask Singer’. ‘I wanted to have fun! (…) Recently, I did it on purpose to say that I will never participate, so that we cannot suspect that I am there. It worked! None of the investigators recognized me. I’m very happy, that’s what I wanted.“
A strategy that has indeed paid: “With Chantal Ladesou, we have been friends for 40 years. I also presented Elodie Poux in my programs. (…) What was funny is that I also knew a lot of technicians and they did not unmask me! (…) I was even in ‘Les Big Têtes’ on RTL with Laurent Ruquier this week, and we didn’t reveal anything to anyone.”
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If he assures not to love “TV today“, Patrick Sébastien does not close the door to everything:”I like television games “he insists. “”What I know with certainty is that I will never participate in ‘Dance with the stars!’ I don’t like real competitions. It calls into question your talent when you are eliminated, this is not the case in the games. I prefer to participate in a show that is beautiful and that amuses me, like ‘100 % logical‘ of Cyril Féraud or ‘The 12 noon’ presented by Jean-Luc Reichmann. I look at him every day. “ To good hearing.
In any case, it is probably not on France 2 that we will see him again. Mid-April 1 guest to promote your new album “Olive osé “Patrick Sébastien returned to his brutal eviction of the public channel in 2019, after 23 years of service. “”They still fired me like a shit“, He said to Cyril Hanouna, referring to a without appeal departure, communicated to his wife by phone. Recently invited to participate in a bonus of”TV children “ For the 50th anniversary of the chain, he declined: “I said to them: ‘No, I still have a little honor anyway. “
