Christophe Hondelatte presents Tuesday in "It feels good" his comic strip "You will not kill", adapted from his stories and published in partnership with Europe 1. The radio host explains to the microphone of Anne Roumanoff how his great was born interest in criminal matters, which was initially not earned.
INTERVIEW
On television with
Bring the accused in
, on the radio with
Hondelatte tells the story
and from now on in comic strip with
You won't kill
.
Christophe Hondelatte continues to develop his expertise in criminal cases with the publication of a graphic novel, published in partnership with Europe 1 and adapted from his stories.
However, the various facts have not always aroused his curiosity, as he explains Tuesday at the microphone of Anne Roumanoff in the show
It feels good
.
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"The various facts, that did not interest me of the masses", recognizes without pretense the host.
“You still have to admit that in the 1980s, when I started journalism, news items were really 'stinky stuff'. Nobody wanted it. All the journalism students and all the young journalists wanted to do it. culture, foreign policy, or politics. Criminal cases were not at all fashionable. "
"I went there pinching my nose"
It is, however, with this type of subject and the program
Make the accused enter
that Christophe Hondelatte is successful on television. "I was offered this to do television on France 2, so on a big channel. I told myself that, all the same, I was not going to let this opportunity pass," he recalls. "But I went there, I say it honestly, pinching my nose."
Over time, the journalist finally discovered "a major interest" in criminal matters.
But he refuses to speak of "passion".
"It can't excite me, because I have a kind of moral barrier that prevents me from being passionate about something that stinks. But that interests me," he said.
"It is a professional and social interest. There is a real stake in remaining a journalist in this profession."
>> Find all of Christophe Hondelatte's stories from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Europe 1 as well as in replay and podcast here
Criminal cases would also be "very instructive on human nature", according to the host.
"In this society where you see the world in black and white, with the good guys and the bad guys, I have the privilege, thanks to more than twenty years of criminal cases, to know that all humans are gray" , he analyzes.
Stories to fall asleep?
Over the years of Christophe Hondelatte's broadcasts, a large number of French people have taken an interest, even passion, for news items and criminal cases.
To the point that some listen to the stories of the host while going to bed.
"It is a great mystery for me. That people listen to me while falling asleep, I can not include / understand it", is surprised the principal person concerned.
"In the evening, I try to rule out absolutely anything that can worry me. I go to bed listening to music, rather soft music. We go to the bed gently. And there, the guys go to the bed with these stories, "he continues, even though the stories he tells have never kept him from sleeping. "Just like the guy who works at the undertaker doesn't think about caskets when he goes to bed at night."