BIOGRAPHY OF JEAN-PIERRE PERNAUT. Diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer this fall, Jean-Pierre Pernaut retired from the LCI antenna for health reasons. Still absent, his state of health worries.
[Mis à jour le 2 mars 2022 à 11h52] On December 17, Jean-Pierre Pernaut said goodbye to LCI viewers who follow his “Jean-Pierre & vous” meeting in these words: “Happy New Year’s Eve. See you at the start of the school year. J ‘hope!’ Since then, Jean-Pierre Pernaut is still absent from television sets. His Twitter account, which he usually uses to contact his fans, has not been used since January. His companion, Nathalie Marquay-Pernaut, has not spoken on her official Instagram account, usually quite active, for more than three weeks.
This noticeable absence is due to the period of convalescence that Jean-Pierre Pernaut must observe. Indeed, the former presenter of the JT 13 hours of TF1 is sick. Two years ago, he had already overcome prostate cancer. This summer, he announced that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. Again this fall, he explained that he had been diagnosed with a new lung cancer, this time inoperable. Jean-Pierre Pernaut is currently undergoing radiotherapy but his silence, no doubt due to the fact that he is concentrating on his rest, worries his collaborators. The Parisian published an article this week where you could read some of his colleagues saying this: “Everyone talks about it here. We like it. It makes us sad.”
Biography of Jean-Pierre Pernaut – Born April 8, 1950 in Amiens, Jean-Pierre Pernaut is a journalist and presenter. From 1988 to 2020, he officiated as the presenter of the 1 p.m. news on TF1. For several decades, Jean-Pierre Pernaut has established himself as the true pope of television news. And for good reason, with it the 1 p.m. news took on a very specific identity: it is largely dedicated to rural France and its heritage. Jean-Pierre Pernaut is also a monster of audiences on the TV program because, every noon, he brings together some 5 million viewers, i.e. four out of ten people in this time slot.
The journalist also has a very long life on the air: he celebrated his 30th birthday at 1 p.m. in February 2018. On December 18, 2020, he left the 1 p.m. news with emotion after 33 years on the air on TF1 to embark on new projects on the television group. On November 22, 2021, his wife Nathalie Marquay-Pernaut confirms that her husband has lung cancer, three years after recovering from prostate cancer.
Jean-Pierre Pernaut was born on April 8, 1950 in Amiens, where he spent his childhood, in Quevauvillers more precisely. Her mother is a pharmacist, while her father is the manager of a machine tool factory. He has an older brother, Jean-François, medicine, who died in 2016 following a long illness. Before becoming a journalist, Jean-Pierre Pernaut studied at the Cité Scolaire and at the Saint-Martin private school in Amiens.
After having followed the courses of the Superior School of Journalism of Lille, Jean-Pierre Pernaut is chosen to animate the 23h news of TF1. From 1978 to 1980, he co-presented Yves Mourousi’s 1pm newscast. Then, he became a reporter and section editor in the channel’s economics department. In 1983, he was promoted to deputy head of the “Investigations and Reports” service. The summer of 1987 was a new milestone in his career. He is designated as the official replacement for the presentation of the 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. newspapers. This led TF1 to entrust him with the chair of the 1 p.m. newspaper on February 22, 1988. He will only leave this seat for seven weeks in 2018, to treat his prostate cancer, then during confinement in March 2020, for security reasons due to his age and past illness. He leaves the presentation of the 1 p.m. news on December 18, 2020, but that he continues his projects for the first channel. Marie-Sophie Lacarrau has been chosen to replace Jean-Pierre Pernaut at the presentation of the 1 p.m. newscast on TF1 since the start of 2020.
In 1991, Jean Pierre Pernaut was also at the helm of How Much Does It Cost?, a program in which he denounced the waste of public and private money. In particular, it offers tips to help you spend less and various reports on money. But for lack of audiences while the format changes from year to year, the show ends in 2010, after 19 years on the air.
Jean-Pierre Pernaut presented his last 1 p.m. news on December 18, 2020 this Friday, December 18. After 33 years at the presentation of the midday meeting on TF1, the presenter bade farewell to his viewers. For the occasion, many surprises were reserved for the 70-year-old journalist. At the end, Jean-Pierre Pernaut delivered a message full of emotion, after presenting his replacement, Marie-Sophie Lacarrau. “It’s time for me to say goodbye to you”, simply began Jean-Pierre Pernaut, sobs in his voice, welcoming the “very strong links” forged with his viewers. After thanking his “three bosses”, his correspondents, colleagues and technicians, Jean-Pierre Pernaut spoke of his companion and his now deceased mother “who never missed a newspaper”. And to conclude with tears in his eyes: “Admit that at my age you may want another rhythm […]. I wish you a Merry Christmas despite the difficulties, I love you, I will never forget you”.
Jean-Pierre Pernaut has been married since June 23, 2007 to Nathalie Marquay. His wife was elected Miss France in 1987, and has since worked as an actress and television host. The couple met during the election of Miss France 2002. Together they had two children. Before marrying Nathalie Marquay, Jean-Pierre Pernaut was married to Dominique Bonnet, with whom he had two children.
On November 22, 2021, Public and TPMP tell us that Jean-Pierre Pernaut has lung cancer, three years after suffering from prostate cancer. Jean-Pierre Pernaut himself spoke on social networks to announce that “everything is fine, everything is under control”. In the show of Cyril Hanouna, his wife, Nathalie Marquay, revealed that her husband had been operated on for the first time in July 2021, but that this time, his other lung was affected. “There it is clear that we cannot go through an operation, because it is much too heavy. So there, he is doing radiotherapy”. According to Nathalie Marquay-Pernaut, new exams in January will help to see things more clearly.
Before emphasizing: “He has a moral of steel and then, we are with him. He fights”. Full of hope, Nathalie Marquay-Pernaut does not give up to save her husband. “We won against the prostate and against the second lung. So I don’t see why we wouldn’t win. Cancer does not mean death,” said the TPMP guest.
In September 2018, Jean-Pierre Pernaut was absent from the TF1 newscast and the presence of Jacques Legros at the controls of the 13 Hours. Tuesday, September 25; Jean-Pierre Pernaut announced that he was sick to his 80,000 fans on Twitter and specified that he had just been operated on for prostate cancer. The journalist himself indicated on Twitter that he suffered from this disease without specifying when it had been detected, for how long he had been treated. Operated on September 25, the 1 p.m. news presenter explained that the operation went very well in a video posted on his Twitter account.
Good morning all
I have to take some time off from the 1 p.m. newscast. I had surgery for prostate cancer. Everything is fine.
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— Jean-Pierre Pernaut (@pernautjp) September 25, 2018
In an interview with Parisian on November 12, 2018, he explains that his doctor told him that he can “consider himself cured.” In his message published on his official accounts on Facebook and Twitter, Jean-Pierre Pernaut explained that he had undergone “surgery for prostate cancer”. Le Parisien specifies that the operation took place on Tuesday, September 25 in the morning. The exact nature of the operation is not known nor the hospital where the presenter was taken care of. His return to the 1 p.m. news on TF1 took place on November 12, 2018, a little less than two months after the start of his medical leave. The same day, Pernaut announced to the Parisian to be cured.
Jean-Pierre Pernaut justified his departure from the 1 p.m. newscast on TF1 by evoking a desire to change pace. However, it is difficult to talk about retirement: the 70-year-old journalist stops presenting the 1 p.m. news but has since been developing other projects with the TF1 group: the presenter launched JPP TV on December 18. This is a free online video platform that offers the most beautiful reports and the most beautiful archives of the 1 p.m. news as well as playlists on themes dear to the presenter, particularly around heritage, the environment, culture and regional news. There are also special heritage defense operations such as SOS Villages or Your most beautiful market. From January 9, 2021, he is launching a new weekly program called Jean-Pierre et vous on LCI, the TF1 group’s news channel. This program honors the French view of the news. They speak live from several regions and will interact with LCI journalists who answer their questions on set. The favorite presenter of the French also offers reports devoted to the terroirs, for the magazine Grands reportages of TF1.
Jean-Pierre Pernaut has always been very discreet about his salary and has never wanted to reveal it publicly. However, on December 18, 2019, Cyril Hanouna reveals in Touche pas à mon poste, the salary of television presenters, including Jean-Pierre Pernaut. According to his information, the presenter of the 1 p.m. news would have received nearly 50,000 euros per month. However, this figure has never been confirmed by TF1 or the journalist.