At 49, Manu Payet gave a sequel to his successful show, released in 2017. The actor and comedian is currently promotingEmmanuel 2. And on the set of Clique, this January 9, 2025, he returned to a strong moment of his former life, as a radio host.
It was in 2003, long before he married actress Géraldine Nakache. And long before the birth of his daughter, Joni, the fruit of his love affair with an interior designer named Pauline. Manu Payet, who then worked on NRJ, met a certain Jennifer Lopez.
Manu Payet dared to flirt with her
She was in Paris to sell her film “Love at first sight in Manhattan”and it was Manu Payet who had the privilege of asking him questions on the air.
This week on Canal +, he remembers actually flirting with him. Manu Payet explains: “It was at a time when it was easier to do. […] I was interviewing him for the radio station where I worked.”. And to add: “It was going so well, she was laughing. I had written lots of rather funny questions. Finally, I had made it a bit nice, and I said to myself: ‘Well it’s cool, there’s a good feeling.’”
That, or just Jennifer Lopez being “hyper pro“, elle “made everything great”. Manu Payet then made a courageous decision. He says: “I said to myself, when in doubt, she won’t say worse than no.”
And that’s why he then started: “At the end, I tell him: I’m going to do something that’s a little crazy, but I’m going to do it because I don’t want to regret not having done it. I’m going to give you my phone number“.
-What Jennifer Lopez said to him
He then wrote his number behind a beer coaster because he didn’t have any paper or card. Manu Payet assume : “I told him: ‘Either you don’t stain your coffee table, but you can, by turning it over, call me.’ Elle a dit : ‘Look at youuuuu’”. A charming way of showing him that she had been surprised and touched by his advance.
But you should know that on that date, freshly separated from her second husband, the dancer Cris Judd, Jennifer Lopez had then started going out with a certain Ben Affleck. For the first time. Without that, who knows what she could have said to Manu Payet!
