Antoine Terrel 11:57 a.m., October 22, 2021, modified at 11:57 a.m., October 22, 2021

Guest on Friday of the show "Culture Médias", the comedian Arnaud Tsamère, accustomed to the sets of Michel Drucker, Arthur, Téva and the channel L'Equipe, explained he had made the decision to make less television and to concentrate on the scene.

A decision he made after a discussion with his friend Jérémy Ferrari. 

INTERVIEW

Well known to viewers, Arnaud Tsamère wants to refocus on the stage. Guest of

Culture Médias on

Friday

, the comedian explained why he had decided to reduce his appearances on television, while he appeared regularly in the show of Michel Drucker

Vivement dimanche

, and was regularly invited in the show of Arthur,

Friday anything goes

. "I did 123 sketches with Ben [his friend on the show, editor's note] in four years with Michel Drucker," recalls Arnaud Tsamère. But the idea of ​​taking a step back was whispered to him by his friend Jérémy Ferrari, also a comedian. "He convinced me to review my image in the profession a little more generally," said the guest from Europe 1. 

>> Find Philippe Vandel and Culture-Médias every day from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Europe 1 as well as in replay and podcast here

"Reposition my image" 

"Jérémy told me that people had to remember that I am above all a stage artist. People must say to themselves' Where is Arnaud? He is on stage '. And not:' Where is he, Arnaud? "You just have to turn on the TV. He's at Drucker's, Arthur's, on Téva, on the L'Equipe channel," continues Arnaud Tsamère.

"Jérémy explained to me, and I think he was right, that I had to reposition my image on what I really am, that is to say a stage artist." 

Obviously, making less TV means lower income.

But the comedian assumes.

"It's a real choice, but I'm lucky to never have done this job for money. And besides, before I became a little known, I did this job with just as much pleasure, in earning less, "he says, adding that announcing his decision to those concerned had not been easy.

"It was very painful to call Arthur, to call Michel, to call all these people, to tell them that I was stopping."