Unfortunately, not enough. The pandemic put a damper on my underwater activities and I miss it. Recently, Stéphanie Boulay was looking for advice for a diving destination, and it took me back to my aquatic memories. The best diving is in Polynesia. Closer, there is Curaçao, I went there with Pier-Luc Funk, we filmed an episode of the show Les flots (TV5), and I remember the magnificent coral gardens. I miss seeing the schools of fish, the barracudas that let themselves drift, there is something magical in the contemplation, and in the abandon that scuba diving requires. Being on the water is synonymous with relaxation, relaxation, and this is what led me to become a little freshwater sailor with my boat on the St. Lawrence River. I love exploring the sea lanes.
I have visited over twenty countries: United States, France, Portugal, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Honduras, Mexico, Costa Rica, Galapagos Islands, Panama, Belize, Aruba, Curaçao, Thailand, Cambodia. I remember that, as a young adult, I told myself that my savings account was going to become my Spain account! I went there when I was 20, it was my first solo and backpacking trip, and Barcelona was a real favorite. You have to experience a warm Barcelona night until sunrise. I have returned to Spain several times and I always have the feeling that I could live in this country. I really like the Spaniards’ joie de vivre and their love of festivities, especially the San Fermín celebrations in Pamplona.
Space exploration is who we are. Sometimes we delimit our existence to the city we live in, the province or the country we live in, but there is so much beyond that. We have developed a sense of belonging to our planet, but we live in a universe that is expanding, it’s grandiose and dizzying. I am impressed by humans who always want to explore and understand what we are and where we come from. There were the first cohorts of astronauts, the race to the Moon, the geopolitical tensions between the USSR and the United States. Space exploration brings me back to what I can and cannot control, and to living in the present moment. I am so fascinated by progress and advances in science. There is a philosophical quest for inner peace through space exploration and stargazing. When you look at the sky, it is the only thing that every human who has ever been on earth has seen. It’s the only common thing we share, we saw the same moon, the same stars and the same constellation.
I have a healthy lifestyle. When I started on the radio, I hosted in bars, I went to bed very late, and I did much less sport. Now I train, I swim, I drink water and green juices. I have a great wife and two easy-going kids! I have help, my agent keeps my schedule straight between filming, meetings, interviews, and I block off time to create music and produce shows with my company Saturne 5. Sometimes my life is incredible, and at other times, she is completely normal, I am the parent who will fold his chair to the side of the soccer field and who will go to the pharmacy in sweatshirts.
Absolutely not. Two golden men, 100 geniuses, Spatial bulletin, Plaza pleasure, Conte pis recount, Gemini, I don’t compare the shows and I don’t deny my reality TV past, but I have more fun hosting a match of 100 geniuses or conducting interviews for Two Men in Gold, working on children’s literature or hosting elimination dinners. I’m not saying that one is better than the other, there is room for everything in our television, but going to discuss life in weightlessness and meeting David Saint-Jacques for Bulletin Spatiale, I’m crazy. Personally I need to nourish myself with another type of nutrient, I have tasted the sugar of reality TV, but I am very good at what I do currently.
