Solène Delinger 7:00 p.m., February 23, 2023

In an interview with the magazine "Gala", on newsstands Thursday February 23, 2023, Laurent Ruquier revealed the underside of his meeting with Hugo Manos, his companion 25 years his junior.

After their first date, the host “tested” the influencer by inviting him to dinner with his strong-willed friends…

Laurent Ruquier has been making perfect love with Hugo Manos for more than four years now.

If the two lovers had initially decided to keep their relationship secret, they recently let go by revealing moments of their intimacy on social networks.

This week, the couple took it a step further by posing together for Gala magazine

.

In their joint interview given to our colleagues, Laurent Ruquier and Hugo Manos have even agreed to come back to the bottom of their meeting. 

Laurent Ruquier and Hugo Manos met on social networks 

The two men met through social media.

Laurent Ruquier, who was interested in fitness, contacted Hugo Manos, a sports coach specializing in electrostimulation.

If the host initially had no idea in mind, he admits having been seduced by the profile of the influencer.

"I was single at that time. I've always been attracted to beauty…and he's very handsome," he says.

But Laurent Ruquier still had a small reservation: "To be honest, I found him a bit 'dark' on Instagram. He wasn't smiling, like those models who think it's classy to sulk", underlines the animator of

 Children of TV

 in the 

Gala columns.

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Despite this preconception, Laurent Ruquier got to know Hugo Manos.

The two men spoke to each other for a very long time on the networks before meeting.

"One day, we met at Café Marly," recalls the PAF star.

For this first "date", Hugo Manos came accompanied by a friend, as

Gala points out.

 "He was surprised by the reality. I am someone who is gentle, calm, very sensitive, and intellectually stimulating," says the influencer.

After this meeting, Laurent Ruquier wanted to submit Hugo Manos to a kind of "test".

The host thus invited him to go to dinner with his great friend Line Renaud.

Among the other guests were Vincent Dedienne and Jeanfi Janssens.

Laurent Ruquier wanted to see how the influencer was going to behave with them, if he was going to be comfortable.

And bingo!

Hugo Manos was not impressed by the troublemakers around Line Renaud's table.

What convince Laurent Ruquier to embark on a real love story with the young man, 25 years his junior.

For his part, the influencer was seduced by the gentle and attentive character of the host.

"Laurent has a tolerance that impresses me, because I'm not easy to live with:

I am very nervous, a little anxious.

He has a patience, a benevolence that appeases me”, he confides, very in love. So long as it lasts…