Initially scheduled for Thursday, September 8 and then canceled due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the issue of “Complément d’Enquête” devoted to the business of influencers and entitled “Scams, money and politics: the real business of influencers”, finally aired Sunday, September 11 in the second part of the evening. Determined to shed light on this generational phenomenon, the journalists of France 2 met Magali Berdah, boss of the largest agency that employs reality TV candidates.
But the interview did not really go as planned for the companion of Stéphane Teboul who accused the production of having sought to trap her. “You trick me! You make me talk about stuff, you didn’t warn me! On top of that, I don’t even know if it’s mine (contracts with brands, editor’s note). I answered. I couldn’t check if it came from my place!”. “Already, I would like this sequence not to appear! I don’t want to feel trapped in the sense that I don’t have the answers“, she reacted.
Monday, September 12, 2022, in “Le Morning sansfiltre” on Virgin Radio, Guillaume Genton wanted to confront Magali Berdah and Rizlaine Sellika, co-director of the report. “I don’t feel like I’ve tricked Magali because I’ve always acted transparently.“, confided the latter. “So I contacted him for months to get an interview so it wasn’t easy. I knew I was going to have Magali Berdah in this film. For me it was important, you can’t make a film about influence if you don’t have Magali Berdah.“, she said. “And she played the game!”, Specified Guillaume Genton, then causing a little tension.
“Let me finish, we’re not here to play the game, we’re on an investigative show. There is this right to information which is also very important. It’s true that Magali Berdah opened the doors of her agency to me, but afterwards she didn’t do it for my beautiful eyes, she also did it to be transparent.“, corrected the director adding: “There are whistleblowers.” “And who do it without harassment.“, underlines Magali Berdah, recently victim of harassment. “So we will remember that it starts from the war between Booba and…“, then continues the host who is cut off by Rizlaine Sellika before resuming it curtly: “Let me talk it’s not your show it’s mine!“.
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