According to information from Le Parisien, Michel Drucker is currently hospitalized due to several medical check-ups, linked to his recent heart problems.
Michel Drucker distances himself from the small screen for several days. According to information from Parisian, the host of “Vivement dimanche” is currently hospitalized in Île-de-France. However, there would be no reason to be worried, since this hospital stay would be linked to several medical tests related to the heart operation he underwent in 2020. According to the national daily, Michael Drucker should be out of hospital by the end of the week. Nevertheless, the director of antennas and programs of France Television, Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez, has indicated that the presenter will rest for a few more days after his exams. As a result, “Vivement dimanche” will be on rebroadcast for the next two to three weekends.
Michel Drucker was hospitalized for three months in 2020. The host of “Vivement dimanche” suffered from severe heart problems and had to be operated on. He was notably the victim of an infective endocarditis and a triple bypass. “My heart was stopped for a few hours and connected to a machine. There, I realized I had come close to disaster”, he reacted at the time, remembering his stay in the hospital, reminds us of Le Parisien . The 80-year-old presenter had thus disappeared from the screens for seven months, before returning to the air in March 2021.
When will Michel Drucker return to the air?
The hospitalization of Michel Drucker also impacts the broadcast of “Vivement dimanche”. Le Parisien tells us this Wednesday, February 8, 2023 that the France 3 program switches to rebroadcast from this Sunday, February 12, 2023. This should continue for the “next two to three weeks”, specifies the regional daily. In addition, the autobiographical show “From you to me”, which he played alone on stage, is also temporarily suspended.
Serious health problems in 2020
Michel Drucker had encountered serious health problems at the end of August 2020. The presenter of Vivement dimanche had been hospitalized for heart problems, and more precisely an infective endocarditis followed by a triple bypass. This last operation lasted 8 hours, then he was placed in intensive care and intensive care units. In an interview with Parisian on November 30, 2020, the host, now 80, gave more details about the ordeal he had suffered: “My heart was stopped for a few hours and connected to a machine. . There, I realized that I had come close to disaster.” Subsequently, Michel Drucker was again operated on because of the beginning of an infection in his scar. Several months of rehabilitation followed, before the host returned to the screen in March 2021.