Since Eric Zemmour’s pre-campaign and even more since the formalization of his candidacy for the presidential elections, the name of Sarah Knafo is gaining in importance. The 28-year-old enarque born in Pavillons-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis), on hiatus from her career as a magistrate at the court of accounts to carry out her work as an advisor to the polemicist, was entitled to a standing ovation during the meeting in Villepinte of the leader of the Reconquest! party. But how did this young woman cross paths with the former polemicist star of TV and radio? Two versions are circulating in the media. The campaign director is in any case present in the shadows for each intervention of Eric Zemmour, certainly not far from the plateau of Facing Baba, Cyril Hanouna’s show on C8 broadcast on December 16, 2021.
When Sarah Knafo appeared alongside Eric Zemmour in early fall 2021, her closeness to the former journalist of the Figaro is explained by their past: he would be an old family friend and both have ancestors who lived in the same Berber village in Algeria, praising their Sephardic roots, until exile pushed them to settle in France. However, Release questions the “mythology” surrounding their meeting: “Long-time relatives tell a more prosaic story: that of a high school student fan of the journalist, who goes with a book to be autographed on the set ofWe are not in bed, where Zemmour officiates from 2006 to 2011. For lack of listings, a production assistant refuses to confirm or deny the presence of the minor among the audience of the show which will transform Zemmour into a react star. But note that ‘the columnists all had fans coming regularly’.“
It seems that a legend is being created around these two personalities who fascinate as much as they worry. Their relationship is deciphered in the media when they are in the spotlight but when asked about his private life, Eric Zemmour is categorical, refusing the Americanization of political life: he does not want to expose himself and presents himself above all as a married man. and father of three children whom he fiercely protects. But the plunge into the presidential race is ruthless and it will be increasingly difficult for him to protect himself. Lately he lodged a complaint against the magazine Close for invasion of privacy. A hearing has been set for January 3.