Before meeting his current companion, Laurent Ruquier had a love story with Benoît Petitjean. Are they still in contact? The host gave the answer.
Laurent Ruquier has been hosting the brand new TF1 program for a few weeks now, The Game Master. The principle is simple: twelve participants well known to the French, locked in a house cut off from the world, must discover the identity of their host. But an accomplice of this mysterious being, Max Boublil, hides among them and has the mission to sabotage their research.
The host gave an interview in which he talked about his new TV projects as well as his private life.
Benoît Petitjean, the man with whom Laurent Ruquier shared his life before Hugo Manos
The presenter of Big Heads of RTL has been increasing the number of broadcasts on the small screen since it regained its freedom from France 2. We saw it last year on BFMTV then in Mask Singer on TF1 and The Traitors on M6. At the same time, his latest play entitled The Mona Lisa finally speaks – played by actress Karina Marimon – also continues to tour.
On the set of LegendGuillaume Pley’s show broadcast on YouTube, Laurent Ruquier answered his colleague’s questions and did not only talk about the PAF. The 61-year-old host slipped in a few words about his former lover, the rider Benoît Petitjean. “You introduced him to your parents, he was coming to Paris“, Guillaume Pley told the spectators. As a couple for more than fifteen years, the two men even entered into a civil partnership in January 2012. But, in 2021, Laurent Ruquier created a surprise by announcing that they had separated for three years previously.
Does Laurent Ruquier still have contact with his ex Benoît Petitjean?
In the course of the conversation, and while Guillaume Pley introduced Hugo Manos – the host’s new darling, who is 25 years younger than him – on his set, Laurent Ruquier made a point of repeating his interlocutor who had described Benoît Petitjean as being an actor”according to its Wikipedia entry“.
“More a rider than an actor, sorry for him, his passion is horses, even today (…) He is a rider, he has played two or three roles…”insisted Laurent Ruquier. Before confiding, without lingering too long: “He is a rider, he continues to compete in equestrian events… Benoît with whom I remained on good terms.” Did he introduce his new partner to his ex? Laurent Ruquier and Hugo Manos live their love story between Paris and Normandy, where the host has two residences, and the question of a marriage has already been settled: Hugo is not a fan of the idea and Laurent has admitted not wanting to take himself “a rake” by proposing to him.