Jean-Michel Maire: this “traumatic” element which pushed him to stop taking drugs

This Monday, December 9, in TPMP, Jean-Michel Maire spoke about his past linked to drug use and revealed the reasons that pushed him to hang up.

© Cédric Perrin/Bestimage Jean-Michel Maire at the gala of the 2nd Golden Stars 2021 ceremony at the Wagram hall in Paris on November 28, 2021.

IN BRIEF

• This Monday, December 9, in TPMP, Jean-Michel Maire spoke about his past addiction problems cocaine.
• The columnist recounted having undergone, in the past, a police custody and a therapeutic injunction.
• Jean-Michel Maire revealed the trigger for his withdrawal.

He is one of the oldest columnists on TPMP. Faithful companion of Cyril Hanouna, Jean-Michel Maire is often present around the table of the daily talk show on C8. And when he is not talking about his love life, it is on other, very personal subjects that the 63-year-old journalist confides.

This Monday, December 9, he returned to his old drug addiction problems. Former cocaine user Jean-Michel Maire highlighted the impact of his former habits on a personal level and on his career.

TPMP: Jean-Michel Maire transparent about his drug use

It was during a debate on the incarceration of Pierre Palmade that the columnists of TPMP opposed each other, each one giving their arguments on the impact of prison on drug consumption. Faced with Géraldine Maillet, Jean-Michel Maire was questioned on the legal consequences of his drug use in the past.

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The famous columnist then spoke about his legal troubles, explaining that he had been in police custody and received a therapeutic injunction with an obligation to seek treatment. Events that pushed him to question his lifestyle. “That's a big hit behind the head“, he explained.

TPMP: Jean-Michel Maire impacted by the media coverage of his drug addiction

Jean-Michel Maire then explained that he had been affected by the media coverage of his drug addiction on his private life. “I was traumatized by the fact that it had a repercussion, that there were articles in magazines and that my family found out about it through that, my children in particular. I had to deal with it”, he said. “I was still shaken”, he added.

It was therefore the media coverage that was the real trigger for him to stop using drugs. Jean-Michel Maire also confided that he would probably have continued to use drugs if his situation had not been made public. On September 25, Cyril Hanouna had lifted the veil on the reasons for Jean-Michel Maire's long absence in TPMP. “I had been hard on you and I had shaken you. I had told you: 'You're not coming back until you've solved your problem'”, had revealed the star presenter of C8 who also had a role in the withdrawal of his columnist.