“Band of little rascals!”, Launched Dorothée to her former collaborators, once the surprise of TF1 ended. The host of the cult show of the 80s and 90s (arrested on August 29, 1997) was hailed by the band as a “hardworking, courageous, generous” for Hélène Rollès, “professional” for Jacky. “Thank you Dorothée for everything you have done for us”, also declared Bernard Minet of the Muscles. Frédérique Hoschedé, her real name, said she was “very touched.
“She taught me everything. I had to be there,” said the heroine of Hélène and the Boys again very moved. “It’s a bit like my sister,” summed up Jacky, his sidekick. “Dorothée, for me, that’s all. Without her, Bernard Minet would not exist at all,” chained the star of “Muscular”.
After broadcasting some images of Club Dorothée but also tributes from today’s celebrities who grew up with its programs (Amir, Philippe Lacheau, Roch Voisine or Soprano and Jeanne Mas), they are Dave, Hélène Rollès (Hélène and the boys) and Bernard Minet of the Muscles (but also the hosts Christophe Beaugrand and Cyril Féraud) who came to sing the credits of the show as well as three hits by the singer Dorothée Earthquake, It makes you want to sing and millions of friends. “I’m looking at you once again because afterwards I want to keep this in my head until the end of my days. That’s it, it’s printed”, launched Dorothée before paying tribute to the missing.
Tribute to the Muscles disappeared
All the Club Dorothée teams were on stage for this surprise. From the hairdresser to the director, including the stage manager, the editor, the technicians, the production assistants, the make-up artists… Not to mention a few more well-known faces such as Billy, Cyril Drevet, Michel Chevalet, the illustrator Lionel Gébédé and the dean of the team, Michel Klein, veterinarian, who is 101 years old. Dorothée hastened to kiss him warmly. They have known each other since 1972. “How nice you came to see me”
A touching sequence also paid tribute to Ariane Carletti and François Corbier who died in 2019 and 2018, but also René Morizur and Claude Chamboissier, known as Framboisier, singers from Les Musclés, who died in 2009 and 2015. “Since we are all here, we can maybe take advantage of it, to have a little moved thought for our friends who are no longer there”,
Married to a fan
The magazine Public had recently revealed how the 68-year-old singer had met the man of her life. “The lucky winner is called Vincent, he is 50 years old, and he would have officially united with Dorothée seven years ago, in the greatest secrecy (…) The one who found the way to his heart is a former fan whose childhood was punctuated by Dorothée’s shows“Her mysterious prince charming would have become her assistant after meeting her in the 2000s, before starting a beautiful love story. “Between them, strong bonds are woven, specified the magazine. The presenter agrees to be the godmother of the children’s musical In the kingdom of sweets, of which Vincent is one of the directors and actors, and which is played at the Olympia between 2006 and 2007. She will even be at his sides to greet the public during the last“.