When Nicolas Sarkozy wanted at any price to offer a tv show to David Hallyday – Gala

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In the book ” The prince “, Béatrice Houchard reveals the small and large whims of the presidents of the Fifth Republic. Among the more unusual, that of Nicolas Sarkozy, who was infatuated by David Hallyday.

In terms of musical tastes, Nicolas Sarkozy has never hidden his interest in a variety of French : Johnny Hallyday (a friend) to Didier Barbelivien passing by Faudel, Nicolas Sarkozy of popular taste. What we knew is that the president of the time had planned to give a mission to David Hallyday. In his book ” The prince “ which publishes the good leaves, the journalist Béatrice Houchard reveals the small and large whims of the presidents of the Fifth Republic and points to an anecdote rather amusing.

We learn that president Sarkozy wanted David Hallyday do a tv show. “He called two times a week, tells the story of Patrice Duhamel, director general of France Télévisions. He wanted to have hearings and we say : “It is necessary that you tract Thing, or Thing.” “He wanted to put the brothers Bogdanov, who had worked with his son, Pierre, and Patrick Sabatier, which has come to replace a time nagui (French speacker). But above all, he wanted that the public service should offer and issue David Hallyday. For two or three months, he called upon two times per week (or more) Patrice Duhamel to return to the charge. In vain. One day they are on a visit to the Élysée palace, the two leaders of the public television intersect the secretary general, Claude Guéant, who comes out of the office of the President. “Do something, their gliding Claude Guéant. It did not take me talking about it, because Johnny does more on the phone.”

We know what happened… David Hallyday will never be tv host and French president Nicolas Sarkozy is still friends with Johnny.

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