Since the start of the 2024 school year, Matthieu Noël has strengthened his presence on France Inter. Radio listeners, including Léa Salamé who was forced to leave the air, now officiate every day between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. with Zoom zoom zen.
Matthieu Noël in the footsteps of Guy Carlier
The former columnist of C to you on France 5 is also at the helm of a daily mood post broadcast every morning at 7:55 a.m. A hut formerly occupied by Guy Carlier. “When you write such an exposed column, you are the king of the world and you can have this fascist temptation to impose your ideas”commented the one who expressed heavy regrets about his famous son Carlito before adding: “It’s so easy to become the hero of Inter’s bohemian listeners and to fall into demagoguery, we’ve seen it with personalities like Stéphane Guillon”.
On television, he experienced the beginnings of Matthieu Noël behind the scenes. “The first time I met him was during rehearsals for the France 3 show, We Can't Please Everyone, where he was an intern. He played the lighting stand-in and had it around his neck a sign with the words 'Isabelle Huppert'he remembered. Over the years, Matthieu Noël has climbed the ranks to establish himself as one of the leading comedians of the France Inter gang.
Anyone who lives in the 10th arrondissement of Paris does not intend to use the public radio antenna for activism. “If you listen to my columns, you can guess my left-wing sensibility and you understand that I have difficulty with extremes. I love what Charline Vanhoenacker does and I find Sophia Aram's positions very courageous. But me, I am bad when I'm in this register I prefer to go by the band.he clarified to our colleagues.
A travers Zoom zoom zenMatthieu Noël has given himself the mission of bringing “a little madness in an anxious daily life“. In the corridors of France Inter, he is described as a “hard worker and anxious”. “Even when I'm driving my car, I'm afraid of damaging it. My wife tells me: 'Calm down, we're insured.' When I was in nursery school, the principal called my mother to tell her that I was too emotional and that later I would have to find a quiet job.”he reacted, amused.
Debuts alongside Marc-Olivier Fogiel
The comedian and host also spoke about his beginnings alongside Marc-Olivier Fogiel, for whom he was an intern for the show You can't please everyone in the early 2000s on France 3. “It happened completely by chance. I was initially supposed to do my internship in a small, super-intellectual independent film production company to take care of a Russian author during the Cannes Film Festival. But, during the interview, I found those in charge bitter and narrow-minded. A career doesn't mean much…”, he explained.
Marc-Olivier Fogiel, who recently left the management of BFMTV, remembered the eventful beginnings. “The day before the premiere, Matthieu called me in a panic to tell me that he wanted to throw in the towel. He was afraid of not being able to make the covers where he had to bring together all the texts. Later, I I put it on the air because he has a very offbeat look and eclectic tastes.”he confessed.
