Fabien Lecoeuvre, who insulted singer Hoshi and said she was “scary” last April, returned to his remarks. On the set of Do not touch My TV on October 20, the 62-year-old journalist spoke of the many death threats he suffered on social networks after this controversy. “I received 150,000 messages of insults including 131 death threats”, he confided. Faced with this surge of hatred, Fabien Lecoeuvre has chosen to stand aside. “I was not seen on television for 4 months, I did not want to make a set. I voluntarily stepped aside because I found it unhealthy”, said the journalist, who continues to speak on television channels and writes books.
As for the insult uttered against the interpreter of Your striped sweater, Fabien Lecoeuvre said he was sorry and reiterated his apologies. “I was very scared, I was scared for Hoshi as a dad. I honestly didn’t want to do this.”, he told Cyril Hanouna and his chroniclers. The team of TPMP asked if he was able to speak with the 25-year-old artist and apologize to her. “I called her press officer, I don’t have her address. I tried to contact her but her partner is also her manager and she is blockading“, assured the specialist, who claimed not to be out of his home for two days, for fear of being attacked.
“When you’re a father like me, you can’t agree with me. I slipped, I regret and I am unhappy for her”, he hammered. Before deploring the extent that this has taken on because of social networks. “The death penalty has been abolished but it still exists on social networks. This surge of hatred is mind-blowing! And courage is not the same in the street as it is on the Web.”