Benjamin Castaldi

Benjamin Castaldi was born into a family of artists, being the son of actress and writer Catherine Allégret and actor Jean-Pierre Castaldi. He grew up surrounded by his grandmother, actress Simone Signoret, his grandfather, director Yves Allégret, and the adoptive father of his mother, actor and singer Yves Montand. He has a half-brother, Giovanni and two half-sisters, Clementine and Paola.

In the late 1980s, Benjamin Castaldi, who then aspires to become a businessman, begins studies in economics that turn short. He then applies for a position in a home meal delivery company, where he is finally hired as a salesperson. He then becomes director of the company, which ends up filing bankruptcy. Wishing to try his luck as a music producer, he moved to the United States where he plans to relaunch the career of singer Esther Galil. But it is a new failure and in 1993, he returns to Paris penniless. Meanwhile, in 1992, he participated as an "anonymous" candidate in the game Que le meilleur gagne presented by Nagui on La Cinq.

He married on 22 September 1993 in Saint-Mandé with Valérie Sapienza, the mother of his sons Julien (born 18 September 1996) and Simon (born 20 April 2000). They divorced in 2001. On 21 September 2002, he marries the television and radio host Flavie Flament (met in December 2000 on the show Les P'tits Princes, on TF1), with whom he has a son, Enzo (born 8 February 2004). They separated in December 2006 before divorcing in July 2008. On 24 November 2011, he married journalist and television host Vanessa Broussouloux in Copenhagen, Denmark. They divorced in May 2016 and 27 August of the same year he married an interview director of the company Endemol, Aurore Aleman, met in 2015.

His eldest son Julien joins The Mad Mag on NRJ12 as a columnist in 2017.

On 22 November 2017, he reveals on the plateau of Touche pas à mon poste ! having had a three-day affair with the French journalist Annie Lemoine.

On Saturday, 23 June 2012 it's reported that Benjamin Castaldi suffers from a collarbone fracture as well as two broken ribs, he leaves the hospital the next day. At the time of his accident he was hosting the French reality-series Secret Story which lead to the decision that television presenter Nikos Aliagas hosts the show while everybody waited for the pending return of Castaldi. Benjamin returns on air on Monday, 2 July, but his return will be short. It turns out that he has six broken ribs, and his collarbone does not heal properly, he is operated with urgence. The Voice of Secret Story takes over the hosting of the show.

Benjamin Castaldi was nicely paid during his run in TF1, it's to be noted that they are the leading channel in Europe.

In 2012, he discovers that he is ruined, claiming to be a victim of a real estate scam of the financial consulting company Apollonia. In 2017 Benjamin said he couldn't buy Christmas presents or do fun activities with his children anymore for a long time.

In December 2014, he publicly declared himself a victim of a scam that implicated a notary, a promoter and a bank. He claimed six million euros in court for compensation of damages he suffered.