why were Arthur and Laurent Ruquier absent from the 30th anniversary of “Children of TV”?

Regulars of the program like Elie Semoun, Michèle Bernier, Liane Foly and Bruno Solo had made the trip to the Élysée Montmartre, the Parisian venue chosen to host the festivities. Everything except those who carried the program. Arthur et Laurent Ruquier were in fact the big absentees from the 30th anniversary of “Enfants de la télé”, offered in the first part of the evening Saturday evening on France 2. After a thought addressed to the creator of the show, Laurence Boccolini, the presenter of the program since 2023 , made a point of citing them in the introduction.

«A thought for Pierre Tchernia who largely contributed to the success of this show and we salute Arthur, first presenter of “Enfants de la télé”, we also salute Laurent Ruquier, who we will see in images throughout the evening, I kiss», Launched the former host of “Maillon Faible” and “Money Drop” on TF1, without giving any further explanations. We must look for them in a recent interview that she gave to our colleagues at Tele-Leisure.

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«I would have loved to make an entry with Arthur and Laurent Ruquier, but we are not on the same channelsshe explained. I think it's not that simple.”said Laurence Boccolini, before specifying that she worked with both and that she “adore». «Afterwards, we will see many messages from them during the evening”she suggested again. There won't be any. The interested parties also remained silent on the respective social networks.

The anniversary of “Children of TV”, entertainment which lasted more than two hours, only brought together 1.5 million curious people on the Deux and 9.5% of the public. A rather low and disappointing score, the public service channel is only third in the Mediametrie audience ranking, behind France 2 with The Travelerand TF1 with the “Star Academy”.