Their quarrel dates back to December 2017. At the time when Johnny Hallyday left us. Following the disappearance of the Taulier,
Nikos Aliagas
friend of Laetitica Hallyday’s ex-companion, had dedicated a special edition of 50′ Inside for the disappearance of the artist who died on December 5, 2017. A choice which did not please Benjamin Castaldi
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“Nikos surprises me!”he said on the set of TPMP at the time when he was still working for Cyril Hanouna before blurting out: “That we can make a set, plus it’s his friend, saying: “Johnny is dead”. Honestly, it’s bullshit! I’m back! I wouldn’t have done it. It deeply shocked and upset me.”.
Nikos Aliagas removed Benjamin Castaldi from his friends
Following this release, Nikos Aliagas simply scratched Benjamin Castaldi from his circle of friends. The former columnist of the daily newspaper C8 subsequently apologized, aware that he had gone too far in his remarks.
“It’s true that I had been quite harsh towards him because he had recorded the show 50’Inside before the announcement of Johnny Hallyday’s death. I had apologized to him, I know that Since then he’s been really angry with me, he kicked me out of his networks, well that’s not a big deal, but he went like that (…) frankly it saddened me.”for example, he regretted in 2019 on the set of TPMP.
Despite the peace, Benjamin Castaldi still blames himself
This Wednesday March 27, 2024, during a long interview given to Puremedias, the host once again made his mea culpa. Particularly when our colleagues asked him if he had “never regretted this [qu’il] could have said on the air” during his career.
“I have one regret, it is having caused pain to my comrade Nikos”he then admitted before continuing: “I made a stupid outing at the time of Johnny Hallyday’s death. I hurt him, I regret it, he was not responsible unlike his bosses. So, we explained and I reiterate all my apologies. I was clumsy.”. The hatchet is visibly buried at the moment and that’s a good thing!