“I’m testing them on my wife”

VIDEO – This Friday, December 13, Maxime Chattam was the guest of Telematin, to promote his new novel Prime Time. On set, the writer let it be known that he could count on his wife Faustine Bollaert to support him.

A couple who help each other. A successful writer, Maxime Chattam knows that he can count on the support of his wife Faustine Bollaert, who seems to be his first reader. In any case, this is what he suggested when he came to the set of Telematin this Friday, December 13. During the show, the writer had to answer questions in succession. Among those asked to him, Maxime Chattam was entitled to the following: “Are you testing the interest of your stories on those around you?” To which Abbie and Peter’s father replied: “No, I'm testing it on my wife though!”, he revealed.

Maxime Chattam explained that he scrutinized the attitude of the TV host when she had the manuscript in her hands: “I look at her. If in the evening I see that she does that (he closes his eyes and lowers his head, editor's note), It’s not good!”, joked the writer, who admitted that he was “absent” when he was in the writing phase.

Maxime Chattam, first fan of his wife Faustine Bollaert: “I watch all her shows”

Always as accomplices and lovers, Faustine Bollaert and Maxime Chattam have supported each other since the beginning of their love story. Guest of Buzz TV on December 3, the writer spoke about his new novel, which recounts the hostage-taking of a star presenter of the 8 p.m. news. A professional world – television – that the host of It starts today every afternoon on France 2. So, was he inspired by his wife's daily life for this new story?

One thing is certain, Maxime Chattam is the first fan of Faustine Bollaert's confession shows. “I watch all the shows my wife presents!”he assured.“I generally watch television, but in fact I watch it because I accompany my wife who is a television woman, who is curious about television. So, I often watch what she watches. And I'm interested in programs that I would never have watched otherwise. And I make some great discoveries,” he said.