Jean-Pierre Pernaut, who died last Wednesday of lung cancer, left TF1 news on December 18, 2020.
And a columnist of Do not touch My TV lifted the veil on the real reason for the departure of the late journalist whose funeral will take place this Wednesday, March 9 from 11 a.m. in Paris. A final tribute will be paid to him at the Sainte-Clotilde basilica in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. After a religious ceremony, the former star of the 1 p.m. news from TF1 will be buried in the strictest privacy.
An emblematic figure of French television, Jean-Pierre Pernaut announced in September 2020 in The Parisian that he would leave the JT at the end of the year. Clément Garin, columnist for Do not touch My TV, then revealed the truth regarding this 1 p.m. departure. “When he left the news, let’s say he agreed to leave the news. He had a meeting in September with Gilles Pélisson (director general of the TF1 group, Editor’s note). He made him understand that he wanted to breathe new life into 1 p.m. Jean-Pierre Pernaut, who might very well have insisted and said ‘I’m still staying a few years’, with Nathalie in addition who pushed him to stop too, rather than having a communication on ‘Jean-Pierre Pernaut fired from 1 p.m.’ , he preferred to do his own outing and it was to his credit because he did the most beautiful outing. There was the wedding of the two.”
