Isabelle Ithurburu, in control of the 1 p.m. news in the summer, is very attached to a corner of forgotten France. The 42-year-old journalist confided in “Télé 7 Jours” on this place anything but “bling-bling” …
Isabelle Ithurburu, who succeeds Jacques Legros at the controls of the 13h JT of TF1 during the summer, spends her time in Paris during this period in order to fulfill her new role! If she is honored to have been entrusted with this new post, the 42 -year -old journalist would have certainly liked to spend her summer in her native region …
Where does Isabelle Ithurburu come from?
At the controls of the JT of 13 of TF1 during the summer, Isabelle Ithurburu will try to highlight the corner of France where she was born, the Béarn, near the Basque Country, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. “”Béarn is a little forgotten. I know what I’m talking about, because my father is Basque. I grew up with this culture, being very close to my paternal grandmother. I also chose Basque dance as an activity, while I lived in Pau. I also wanted to learn the Basque. Next to it, the Béarn suffers from a deficit of notoriety“She explained to TV 7 days.
Paradoxically, it was by leaving this corner of France that the host of 50 ‘inside really started to appreciate it. “I had to leave him for me to realize how great this region is, with its mountains, its rurality, its calm and its conviviality. It is perhaps less bling-bling, but there is an incredible sweetness of living“Said the spouse of the musician Maxim Nucci, alias Yodelice.
Isabelle Ithurburu sacrifices her holidays: “My spouse said …”
Isabelle Ithurburu had to sacrifice part of her summer to put on the habit of presenter of the 1 p.m. news, but she has no regrets … and her family either! “”I was warned that this would imply a life change, especially compared to my 7 year old daughter (Mia, Editor’s note), knowing that I was going to work a lot during school holidays, in addition to what I do the rest of the year. I took a few days to think, but my family encouraged me. My partner said to me: ‘It cannot be refused‘”.
The journalist did well to follow her instinct, since she broke audience records with 5.26 million viewers (almost 50% audience share) at the JT of July 21. Such a score had not been reached since the last news of Jean-Pierre Pernaut, in December 2020.
The loop is completed for the forties who “looked more on the 1 p.m. than the high mass of 8 p.m.“With his parents, during his childhood in the Béarn which was simple but happy.”My parents, born farmers, who grew up without going to school to take care of the farm, had become grocers. At 12:45 p.m., my father closed the store while my mother had already returned home to prepare to eat. I came back from school and we all settled in front of TV“She remembered.
