His potential successors have been warned. At the helm of “Grosses Têtes” since August 2014, Laurent Ruquier does not intend to give up his place anytime soon. Or at least, he does not want to rush his replacement, even though he fulfilled his childhood dream by hosting this show daily. In a future podcast recorded by RTL, of which “Télé-Loisirs” obtained an extract, the bandleader confided his desire to celebrate the fifty years of the program planned for 2027. “I would be stupid not to want. I'm only 61 years old. I'm not yet 80. At least I'll get to 50, then we'll see.” explained the host who hopes to stay in good health until then.
He gives a “advice” to his columnist
The talent scout nevertheless has a precise idea of who could succeed him in the presentation of this legendary meeting of the station's afternoons. And if one of the residents, Christophe Beaugrand, has already positioned himself, Laurent Ruquier found this call a little premature. “He says that every time but I think he's wrong. He shouldn't say that. Not for me, because by definition, I won't be here anymore. It's never who you think is there. We have to be careful about that.” he alerted his comrade. Her “advice” is drawn from his own experience since he himself had not applied for the position of Philippe Bouvard, unlike Stéphane Bern and many others. “Christopher Baldelli (the former general director of RTL, editor’s note)I thank him again, came to pick me up at Europe 1″he recalled.
Christophe Beaugrand scolded by a fan of “Grosses Têtes”
The escapades of the host of “Secret Story” in “Grosses Têtes” have their followers as well as their detractors. While his little ditties became a running gag of the program, a listener, exasperated and exhausted, called the red station live to complain about the behavior of Christophe Beaugrand. Which made his boss, a simple message bearer, say that he was “intolerable” by singing has-been music and making sexual allusions. Who likes to be punished well, since last May, the master of the place presented his columnist as having “selective memory“, car “he only remembers the stupid songs“.
