"I was a little angry or even jealous": Dechavanne's secrets about his years of "professional scarcity"

Solène Delinger 3:16 p.m., September 23, 2022

Christophe Dechavanne is preparing to make his comeback on television on Saturday evening, alongside Léa Salamé, in the new talk show

on France 2. A program in which he will be neither co-host nor columnist but "permanent guest".

Christophe Dechavanne himself imagined this status which will allow him, as he said this Friday in

on Europe 1, to be "transparent", "really himself" and "without posture". 

"I've never been bitter"

This new professional adventure is particularly exciting for the animator, who has experienced a crossing of the desert in recent years.

In an interview with

, Christophe Dechavanne spoke frankly about what he describes as "professional scarcity".

"God knows that I reflected during these few years of professional scarcity where I was still a little angry or even jealous but never embittered", he explains.

"I didn't really understand seeing people doing things that I could say I would do otherwise. I was totally resigned but calmly. I thought to myself that it was stupid, too bad, that it was a bit of a waste" .

“I find myself at the age where everyone is leaving”

It is therefore with passion that the host will slip into his role of "permanent guest", without any frustration at not playing the main role.

"Everything that is new in my life interests me madly," he confides in

"I've done a lot of things. I find myself at the age where everyone is leaving. I'm maybe the first guy with 64 brooms who will come back on TV as a permanent guest, to be the second of a main animator. Being in a non-lead role has never happened to me but it's very interesting. I might not have considered it a few years ago and now it doesn't bother me. problem". 

And, Christophe Dechavanne hopes that this adventure will be long-lasting.

"For once, it's not impossible that this will be my last return. If so, it would piss me off," he concludes.