Over the years, Marc-Olivier Fogiel has established himself as one of the most essential faces of the French audiovisual landscape. Since his adolescence, the man who has just left the management of BFMTV has nurtured the dream of one day evolving in the media.
The first singular meeting of Patrick Sabatier with Marc-Olivier Fogiel
At the microphone of Pascal Praud on Monday November 25, 2024 on Europe 1, a famous host remembered his first meeting with Marc-Olivier Fogiel. While he was a teenager, he waited for Patrick Sabatier every day. “He was 13 years old and it was at the RTL garage. He said to me: 'Can I come home?“, recounted the man who made the heyday of TF1 with shows such as The truth game et Wanted notice.
“I said: But how old are you? 'I'm really 13 and a half…' No, but wait, do your parents know that you're here? 'Yes, yes…' I said : I'm willing to let you in, but you're going to give me your father or mother's number, then I'm going to call them and tell them anyway because you're a kid.”remembered the host who has world stars as neighbors.
Marc-Olivier Fogiel recruited by Patrick Sabatier for Wanted notice
Patrick Sabatier then managed to speak with the father of Marc-Olivier Fogiel, to whom he declared: “I have your son who is here. I want to bring him in, but I want you to know”. A few years later, he ended up hiring the future host ofYou can't please everyone on France 3. More precisely, it allowed him – when he was 18 years old – to join the team ofWanted noticea show he successfully presented in the 1980s on TF1.
“But that's what's interesting and that's why Marc-Olivier has the career he has because he has a will. In fact, we should come back to just one thing in those who have a trajectory, it's the will, beyond talent, work… He wanted to do that!“, responded Pascal Praud. To which the guest of the show Pascal Praud & you wanted to qualify: “You have to work too anyway!”.
