Guest at the beginning of February of the show We are live on France 2, Gérard Darmon – on promotion for the play A delicate situation – then takes advantage of the presence on the same set of journalist Edwy Plenel to tell him all the bad things he thinks of Mediapart. A totally unexpected tackle against the information site behind the revelations of several media cases which then earned him a torrent of criticism on social networks. In the process, his friendship with the Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti is singled out and, at the same time, Mediapart Then comes an investigation into the member of the government who allegedly bought a luxury car with mysterious funds… Enough to make the actor react.
This is for the magazine Paris Match, who followed him to the theater and questioned him at length about the ups and downs of his career that Gérard Darmon responded to this controversy. The 73-year-old actor would like to put this behind him, but it is clear that he cannot hold back his attacks against the site run by Edwy Plenel…”For me, this controversy is a non-event. It’s just two men who meet around a table at prime time and disagree with each other. (…) Is it a crime to say to Edwy Plenel: ‘Sir, I don’t agree with you, with your methods?’ Once again, why does Mediapart flush out the files? Why is Médiapart in close contact with the prosecutors? To try to make the Republic cleaner? But already sweep in front of your door!“, launches the actor, who gives a layer rather than easing tensions.
Gérard Darmon, who swears to have kept underfoot during this confrontation, says that he nevertheless received messages of thanks in OFF. From those attacked by Mediapart ? The actor of Family Business was notably tackled on his friendship with Eric Dupond-Moretti. And, as if to taunt him, Mediapart recently released a paper revealing that the Minister of Justice allegedly collected the sum of 100,000 euros from a company based in Seychelles “of which he was never the counsel“, when he was a lawyer, and that he would have used part of the sum to buy a Maserati convertible in Monaco”partly paid in cash“. His cabinet, however, responded to put out the fire: “Eric Dupond-Moretti defended the interests of a client in 2013, which resulted in invoicing and the collection of fees.“
This friendship with the divisive minister, Gérard Darmon fully assumes and claims it. “We’ve known each other for years, I still have the right to have the friends I want. Eric is a being who is dear to me, a valid man“, he says, reproaching his friends in the trade for being a little too silent and not saying what they think about this or that subject. At a time when social networks can have a negative impact on a career, we understand that the stars keep a low profile…
Paris Matchedition of February 17, 2022.