Twenty years after the end of the show on TF1, Vincent Lagaf’, Bill and the Gafettes are back on RMC Story. Following the success of the first episode broadcast on January 2, the host was the guest of Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine in “C à vous” on Thursday.
Appearing on the show “C à vous” Thursday evening to talk about the big return of “Bigdil” on RMC Story, Vincent Lagaf’ spoke about his physical health. Speaking about his endurance on set, filming three shows a day, the 65-year-old host confided that he himself was surprised by his good shape given the state of his body after several accidents.
“It was my great anxiety, to say to myself, will the carcass hold? Because I have half a lung missing, I have 41 pieces of metal in my body, I have two stents…”, first explained the man who is actually called Franck. If his body has undergone so many “repairs”, it is because the host, passionate about motorcycles and jet-skis, has injured himself several times, so much so that today, “no insurer [le] suit ».
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20 years ago, when “Bigdil” was broadcast on TF1, Vincent Lagaf’ shot “60 minutes twice, to get 47”. Today, he has gone to “three times 140 minutes”: “I do a one-man show of five and a half hours every day,” he explained. “There is a moment you say to yourself but there is something that is going to give: the voice, the heart… But no, it held! Passion. »
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A body in a “lamentable” state
This is not the first time that the host has discussed his health. In an interview given to “TV Magazine” on January 2, “Mégagaf” (in “Fort Boyard”) insisted on the fact that his body is in “a lamentable state”. “Physically, I have the potato, I have the peach but I have 41 pieces of scrap metal in my body and half a lung missing. So, going back to 240 daily shows, never! », he replied, to the question of a possible return of the show to a daily schedule.
“At the moment, I can’t do it. So, let’s explore prime time life down to the smallest corners, we’ll see later. If the channel has the possibility of buying me a heart-lung kit, I will take it,” said the former presenter of “Just Price”, who is already celebrating the success of the first episode of “Bigdil” broadcast on January 2 which, against all expectations, brought together 1.8 million viewers on RMC Story. The second show will be broadcast this Friday, January 10 at 9:10 p.m.
