Maybe that’s why I didn’t want us to get closer…
Replacing Marie-Ève Janvier on the Les filles du lunch show on Rythme FM, Sébastien Benoit found himself alongside Maripier Morin… and memories came flooding back in a hurry! The two hosts dove back into the early days of their relationship, sharing a few spicy anecdotes.
The two, who had been at odds for several years, first revealed that before one particular event changed everything, they got along wonderfully.
Maripier recalled that early in her television career, shortly after Occupation Double, she often hung out on the Plateau-Mont-Royal—the same neighborhood where Sébastien Benoit liked to spend time. Their paths crossed there regularly back then.
Looking back at the beginnings of their rapport
“I used to bump into a certain Sébastien Benoit, who, at the time, was lighting fires on Mont-Royal,” Maripier says with a laugh.
“We understand I wasn’t a pyromaniac, but well, things would flare up elsewhere, let’s say,” the host asserts.
“We’ll put it that way to keep it PG-18. And we had chemistry. We clicked. I think we got along well. I think you found me… funny, silly… unpredictable,” she testifies.
“Not just that,” Sebastien interjects.
“Pretty too,” asks Maripier.
“Well, indeed, come on,” the colleague responds, discouraged that she seemed uncertain.
“My God… really?” exclaims Morin in surprise.
“Okay there, Maripier,” continues Sébastien.
“Is that true,” she asks again.
“She’s acting like she’s just finding out about it… come on,” Benoit counters.
“No, but I knew that Roberge had a kick for me, but you, no,” she recalls.
“Well… listen,” adds the host of Chanteurs masqués.
“It’s nice to hear,” she says with a smile in her voice.
An attraction… with no follow-up?
“There were a few times when we hung out, you know, late nights and all that, and I really felt you could help my career. So maybe that’s why I didn’t want there to be any closeness, because I saw you a bit as a stepping stone,” explains the host.
“Okay, so you thought: Even though I find him interesting, I won’t sleep with him because it could hurt me later in life,” Sébastien asks.
“It’s because I had the wish to work with you someday, and then I thought of the famous line: Don’t f*ck with the payroll. I told myself: Maybe I’m better off letting the payroll stay on the payroll,” adds Maripier, amused and with a smile in her voice.
Maripier may have played the surprised card, but one can sense she wasn’t entirely in the void. She clearly felt an attraction in the air, but knew it wasn’t the moment for a rapprochement… or perhaps she simply found a good excuse not to admit it wasn’t entirely mutual. Who knows?
Their years-long squabble
To learn what happened next, and discover what transformed this beautiful rapport into a feud that lasted for years, it’s here!
Where are they in their love lives today?
Let’s recall that Maripier Morin is now sharing her life with Jean-Philippe Perras for several years. Together, they are the proud parents of two children. On his side, Sébastien Benoit is happily thriving with Karine Dumont, with whom he also has a child.
What do you think of this confession? It’s hard to imagine that at one time Maripier Morin and Sébastien Benoit shared such a close bond, right?
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