The host lost a long-time friend… On Wednesday, August 7, 2024, Patrice Laffont, famous host of the shows Des chiffres et des lettres, Fort Boyard, but also Pyramide, died at the age of 84 following a heart attack. In order to pay tribute to him, Laurent Romejko was the conductor of the show Merci Patrice, broadcast on France 3 on Friday, September 13, 2024. The opportunity to bring together many friends of the late host to share their memories with him. With a smile on her face, Sophie Davant wanted to remind people that Patrice Laffont was a “player” and a “loyal friend”. “Life was a game! There wasn’t a friendly gathering where there wasn’t a game of pétanque, waterball, dice, cards…”, she recalled, before adding: “We even played behind the scenes at Fort Boyard! While we waited, we even invented games within the game, it was crazy!” Despite everything, the woman who recently made her love story with William Leymergie official said that her friend had quite the character!
Facing Laurent Romejko, the 61-year-old host declared: “First of all, he was a real moaner. It only took a little thing for him to moan. He was quite caustic, quite frank. If he had something to say, he would tell you like that without necessarily beating around the bush.” Finally, Sophie Davant added frankly: “He was the sixth degree. I always heard that he was the biggest lazybones on Earth. (…)
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