Solène Delinger 5:08 p.m., December 29, 2022

Francis Huster was the guest of Europe 1 Thursday morning in the program "Culture Médias".

At the microphone of Thomas Isle, the president of the jury of Miss France 2023 delivered a chilling story, that of the cardiac arrest of Dominique Besnehard, at the end of the beauty contest, last Saturday, December 17. 

Dominique Besnehard has certainly escaped the worst.

Last Saturday, December 17, the famous celebrity agent, member of the Miss France 2023 jury, had a heart problem just after the beauty contest, which took place this year in Châteauroux.

Francis Huster, the president of the jury, and he were therefore repatriated by car to Paris.

"His body was the Grévin museum"

But, during the journey, Dominique Besnehard's condition worsened.

The producer went into cardiac arrest.

This is what Francis Huster said this Thursday, December 29 in

Culture Médias

, on Europe 1. "All of a sudden, when we arrive 150 meters from Gare Montparnasse, there, he had his discomfort. He had eyes like a dead man. The eyelids hadn't drooped. The eyes were open. His body was the Grévin museum. There was nothing left. It was terrible. You had to stick out your tongue and say something. a massage“, he thus explained to the microphone of Thomas Isle.

Help arrived quickly, assured the director. 

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"He really almost died"

"It's an extraordinary stroke of luck," he added.

After being massaged by the firefighters, Dominique Besnehard was transferred to the Pompidou hospital in Paris.

The producer spent several days in intensive care.

According to Francis Huster, he is now much better.

"Everything is going very well. He is going home today. He came back after two days of coma. He really almost died. He must take it as a sign of fate," said the comedian.