Alain Delon: “He grabs me by the neck…”, this moment of astonishment experienced by Patrick Sabatier with the actor

On August 18, Alain Delon died at the age of 88 in his property in Douchy, surrounded by his children Alain-Fabien, Anouchka and Anthony. “Alain Fabien,
Anushka, Anthonyas well as (his dog) Loubo, have the immense sadness to announce the departure of their father. He died peacefully in his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and his family. (…) His family asks you to kindly respect their privacyin this extremely painful moment of mourning”, can we read in the press release sent by Agence France Presse.

Alain Delon, first guest on The Game of Truth with Patrick Sabatier

Since this sad news, the actor has left a big void around him. This Saturday, October 12, on the show We’re making TV againyour RTL, Patrick Sabatier remembered the day when Alain Delon was the first guest of the Truth game. An invitation that he accepted in May 1984. But not having heard from him for several months, the host decided to call him back in November, on the occasion of his birthday.

“I’m starting to tell myself that maybe he’s not going to come.” he worries at that moment. “I call him and I wish him a happy birthday. He addressed me informally, I addressed him informally. I asked him: ‘Are we still in agreement for the month of January?’ And there, Alain Delon, it’s Alain Delon, he says to me: ‘When Alain Delon says yes, Alain Delon will come’“he says, laughing.

Patrick Sabatier: “he had such an impact on me in my life”

“I love him so much”he slips between two laughs, before adding: “but it’s true, I have so much affectionhe had such an impact on me in my life.” On January 10, the day before the broadcast,

Patrick Sabatier

goes to Roissy airport to pick up Alain Delon, “who returned from abroad” and spend the evening with him. “On January 11, he was on the air of TF1″he specifies.

Just before the show started, the 72-year-old journalist remembers being alone with him, backstage, waiting. “All of a sudden, he grabs me by the neck, he comes closer to me, I am two millimeters from his forehead and he says to me: ‘we’re going to succeed, we can’t fail’.
I hear the credits and they tell me: 10 seconds. And there, on the contrary, it didn’t give me stage fright, I said to myself: ‘we will succeed’. I knew there were two of us, that he was going to help me… And he helped me. He helped me all my lifeuntil the end we remained extremely close, he concludes.