Gaël Leforestier (born 28 May 1975) is a French

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TV career

Gaël Leforestier began his career at the age of 15, portraying

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in ''Le Triomphe de l'amour'', in Paris. In 1992 he wrote and directed a short film with Stévenin Robinson entitled ''Stop''. In 1994, he participated in various castings. He was spotted by

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and got a job as columnist in the show ''Studio Gabriel'' on

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. From 1998 to 2000, he hosted the program ''En juin, ça sera bien'' on

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. Thereafter, he became the host of ''Sex in the TV'' on Channel

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, then ''Plus vite que la musique '' on M6 (2000-2001).

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invited him to join his team on his radio program ''On va pas s'gêner'' between 1999 and 2000. In the 2001 summer, he hosted the show ''Unique en son genre'' on TF1 Sundays in the second part of the evening.Biography, ''Toute la Télé'
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Retrieved June 12, 2009 Back on France 2, he co-hosted a prime-time show ''Code de la route : le grand Examen'' with Michel Drucker, as well as ''Comme on s'aime''. After that he hosted ''On est comme on est'' on Sunday evenings. Finally, for one month in September 2003 he directed the show ''Qu'est-ce qui se passe quand ?''. During the 2004-2005 season, he arrived on

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to host ''En quête de nuit''. On New Year's Eve 2008, he hosted '' Imagina'' from the Grimaldi Forum in

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. In 2009, he hosted the show ''Kamikaze'' on

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, every Sunday evening.

Personal life

He was married to Claire Dabrowski, director of the magazine programs on

, with whom he had a son in 2002.

References

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