It was March 17, 2020. Date on which Anne-Sophie Lapix questioned Edouard Philippe, then Prime Minister of Emmanuel Macron, to discuss confinement, the measures taken, and the risks incurred from having made the decision “to lock up “Citizens a little late according to some. A date that the journalist has not forgotten, like most French people, for several reasons.
As a reminder, the presenter was tackled by viewers for her smile during the interview, but also by Edouard Philippe, himself, who had not appreciated one of his questions. “Have we not fallen behind by wanting to maintain the first round of the Municipalities at all costs”, she asked the Prime Minister who would have been ulcerated by the request of Anne-Sophie Lapix. So much so that he would have dropped off, according to our colleagues from Telerama : “If she had been in front of me, I would have put my hand in her face”.
The interview that still costs him today
Several weeks after her interview, the journalist even had to close her Twitter account because of the hatred of Internet users. “I received a torrent of dung on social networks […] Under these conditions, it is complicated to cut off your interlocutor. We feel a bit stuck”admitted the one who is not going to question the President of the Republic on July 14, at the time in Parisian, before indicating that with the sound shift, “It’s never an easy exercise, neither for one nor for the other”.
What about today ? Does Anne-Sophie Lapix still suffer from it? Is she still the victim of hatred on social networks because of her interview with Edouard Philippe? She was just giving the answer, once again, to the Parisian. “This interview cost me a little dearly”recognizes the news presenter before adding: “a lot of people took it badly, feeling that it was not the right tone. In my defense, I had no feedback, so I did not see myself. Maybe I would do this interview differently today today, but I would ask the same questions”. Despite the complicated period that ensued, the journalist would therefore not change anything in her way of proceeding.
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