The announcement had the effect of a bomb. During his interview in the 1 p.m. news on TF1, he revealed that he was counting on 2026. A revelation which was not at all planned as revealed by the 49-year-old presenter during her appearance in the morning Bonjour !, this Wednesday, January 8.
The interview was broadcast today on Marie-Sophie Lacarrau’s news, but the images of the big announcement were revealed exclusively by TF1 and LCI before they were on the air. Didier Deschamps announced the end of his adventure with the France team. “I have been here since 2012, I am scheduled until 2026, the next World Cup, but it will stop there because it has to stop at some point. In my head, it’s very clear. I did my time, with the same desire, the same passion to maintain the French team at the highest level. But 2026 is very good. (…) You have to know how to say stop, there is life after“, he declared. A revelation that the presenter absolutely did not expect because, originally, he had come to talk about Operation Yellow Pieces, with the First Lady.
Behind the scenes of Didier Deschamps’ announcement in the 1 p.m. news on TF1
Invited in Bonjour !Marie-Sophie Lacarrau revealed behind the scenes of this great moment. After specifying that, “for scheduling reasons“, the interview was carried out before the broadcast (Monday afternoon to be precise), she said: “We didn’t expect it. It wasn’t expected that he would give us this scoop.“Bruce Toussaint therefore wanted to know.”what question triggered this revelation“. “When we talk about the end of Emmanuel Macron’s mandate in 2027, I tell Didier Deschamps that we found a small parallel between the two, a common point. Because Emmanuel Macron in 2027 and him in 2026. I ask him if he would like to continue. He starts with this response ‘I’m not here to make an announcement’. I started again, telling myself that I was still going to try, insisting on finding out if he wanted it. And then he said it, surprising everyone, me first. Brigitte Macron Also. You will pay attention to his gaze. She too take the news head on“, she replied.
And to clarify that he was not really moved during his statements. “It’s very surprising. And when the interview ends, the first words are from Brigitte Macron, who turns to him and says: ‘But Didier, what is this scoop that you are giving us?’ She is very surprised. And everyone is getting closer to find out why now. I love her answer: ‘Because she asked me.’ Quite simply“, concluded Marie-Sophie Lacarrau.
A moment in her career that she should remember for a long time.
