After 27 years of presenting, François De Brigode said goodbye to the television news this Thursday evening. A final one filled with emotions, memories and tributes from all sides, including that of Jérôme de Warzée, who came specially to take stock of these 27 years.
Above all, Jérôme wanted to express how much François De Brigode had been inspiring for generations, given his journey: “already, born in Charleroi, started as a freelancer on RTL TVI with Eddy De Wilde, and then RTBF. I believe that every word makes you dream. You are the hope of a corporation.“
Jérôme also joined the numerous testimonies from spectators on the familiar figure that François De Brigode has become for him over time: “thank you for keeping me glued to the news, you were the first for me. I watched it until the end, without ever skipping. Probably because at the time there was no remote control yet.“
If there was a particularly memorable moment to remember from these 27 years, it would of course be the show Bye bye Belgium: “This is the biggest humiliation of Bart De Wever’s career. In 5 minutes you managed to convince the whole of Belgium that Flanders had declared its independence, while he has been trying for 30 years and it doesn’t work. Proficiaat, François.“
But the most important thing was to highlight the professional conscience of the journalist: “thank you for revealing that you often present the news in socks, because launching a report on Herve cheese in socks, doesn’t that mean immersing yourself in the heart of the subject? You love your job, and in this specific case I think that all of your studio collaborators agree that it shows.“
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