Overview

• Larry Boccolini told AFP she is quitting the group, saying she could not accept exclusivity in return for a few promised prime-time shows and the short-format Mot de Passe.
• France Télévisions confirmed she will not host Mot de Passe, whose shoot was set to start Wednesday, nor other proposed programs including Quiz des champions, while praising her work.
• Boccolini had recently detailed learning of her replacement on Les Enfants de la télé almost at the same time as viewers, describing unanswered messages and a last-minute warning to look elsewhere.
• She criticized a late-night text from successor Faustine Bollaert invoking “sorority,” saying she would have preferred a phone call and rejecting the term’s use.
• The presenter, 62, had flagged financial strain since spring and launched a YouTube podcast called Sillage after earlier reports suggested she would take over Quiz des champions before today’s decision.