Michel Drucker to announce shock retirement from television?
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Sad news for Drucker fans. Speculation had been rife that the French television host best known for his shows Champs-Élysées or Vivement dimanche, is about to announce his retirement from television, at age 82, with immediate effect.
UPDATE 12/07/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)
Being a television host isn't fun anymore
“As we get older, there are phases of life that we enter into, and being a television host just isn't fun anymore,” he might have said, says a source who remained anonymous. Other reports hinted that he may branch out into other creative fields he is better at (and more interested in), though they didn't provide any details.
#ThankYouMichel
For a little while on Friday evening, #ThankYouMichel was a trending hashtag on Twitter. As many fans reminisce and look back on all the unforgettable memories, some may wonder what about now made him make the decision.
“Michel Drucker was unlike any other television host we’ve ever seen! #ThankYouMichel”
— @universalObserver, 11 Jul 2025
“Drucker wasn't retired?”
— @borisB0, 11 Jul 2025
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