In an interview for Liberation in 2021, Fabrice Drouelle rarely confided about his professional life and his private life. At the time, his show Sensitive matters was the most podcasted historical-cultural program in France, according to Médiamétrie. And in three years, things haven't changed much. The popularity of one of the most listened to voices in France has not been damaged. Quite the contrary. “My EDF advisor recognizes me on the phone“, confided the famous host a few months ago to the magazine Vanity Fair. A timeless success that has transported listeners for many years. “On Monday, his voice guides us through the twists and turns of a serious diplomatic crisis. The next day, she transports us to a remote countryside where a psychopathic killer was active. Yet another day, it brings us back to the day when police violence set France ablaze.”explained the magazine so well.
Fabrice Drouelle has settled down in the 16th arrondissement of Paris
When he received the daily newspaper, it was in his plush apartment in the 16th arrondissement of Paris that the man wanted to welcome the journalists who questioned him. A popular place in the capital since it is known for hosting the largest number of embassies and consulates. This district is also notorious for being the refuge of a rather wealthy population and also the greenest by counting the hundreds of hectares of the Bois de Boulogne. A place where someone who refused to tell his salary seems to flourish. Liberation. However, he admitted to living his “better life”. A state of mind and a social environment which must greatly change him from his childhood in Calvados. Having never known his father, this youngest of four children lost his mother when he was 13 years old. He then settled in Valence, in Drôme, with his older brother.
Fabrice Drouelle will never again invite journalists to his home
In Vanity Fairthree years after this interview, Fabrice Drouelle claimed to no longer receive anyone at his home. In fact, the latter had been portrayed by the daily newspaper as a “endearing egotist” who stored his golf clubs in the entrance to his splendid property in the 16th arrondissement of the capital, the one reserved for wealthy people. “The need for recognition makes you do anything. But today I am at peace. My ego is well fed”he told the magazine about this misadventure.
