2023-09-01 16:19:34
Although he is not an early riser by nature, Régis Labeaume has accepted a commentary mandate at Hi Hello Weekend starting Saturday, September 16 because the program is presented from Quebec.
“I hate getting up at this hour! I’ll have to take a few coffees, because I’m slow in the morning, me!
What made the difference is that the show takes place in the city he led for 14 years, from 2007 to 2021. “We must encourage productions that are made in Quebec,” he said. he mentioned, adding that the media is not a second career for him. “It’s retired extracurricular!”
The 67-year-old even asked that his interventions alongside host Eve-Marie Lortie be inserted into the show as late as possible, he admitted with a burst of laughter.
Eve-Marie Lortie Photo / Julien Faugère
He arrives from 10 days in Florida where he will return this winter and he will visit Morocco in November. “The professional is when there is room between hobbies. I refused regular shows in Montreal. I don’t want to be available every day.”
Two years following leaving the town hall of Quebec, Régis Labeaume says “to bite into life like crazy”. Even though he is retired and has slowed down, he nevertheless remains at the heart of the news as a collaborator and analyst within several media groups.
Not a mother-in-law
But beware, Régis Labeaume will not play the mother-in-law by commenting on the files of his successor as mayor of Quebec, Bruno Marchand, at Hi Hello Weekend. We tested him, and he actually refused to talk regarding the tram file. “I don’t think less of it, but I have nothing to say! I would have hated it if Jean-Paul L’Allier had played stepmother while I was mayor, so I’m not doing it. He was very elegant and I will behave in the same way.
Fun with Eve-Marie Lortie
As for his collaboration with Hi Hello WeekendRégis Labeaume expects to have a lot of fun with Eve-Marie Lortie.
“We will have to see with her what we discuss as subjects, but I would tell you that it does not worry me much. Just doing a review of the week in my style, we should be good! I can talk regarding European politics, sports, literature and even Metallica. I’m pretty versatile.”
More relaxed, more serene even than during his 14 years of municipal politics, Régis Labeaume makes the most of retirement, happy to have time to think, read and enjoy the small pleasures of life. “I have a lot of fun, I have a good life.” At the time of the interview on Friday, he was eager to start reading one of the three books he had just bought.
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