Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine is on all fronts! This Thursday, April 13, 2023, the host orchestrated a new number of “C to You”. Alongside her columnists, the main interested party has bounced back on countless current topics. Thus, our colleagues invited Frédéric Beigbeder to discuss his new test called “Confessions of a Slightly Overwhelmed Heterosexual”. With his pen, he who “pretends to be a sensitive asshole” wonders about himself, but also about the world around him!
If Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine does not adhere to all of her ideas, she was obviously eager to discuss the subject with her guest of the day. “You have talent… Humor, self-mockery. And a lot of c… Bold”, she let go while amusing the set with her new blunder. Neither one nor two, the presenter then bounced back on her shock outings or other controversies that tainted her: “You confess in this book in the Catholic sense of the term as when one is going to confess one’s sins… Yet you say ‘have nothing to be ashamed of’”.
And to emphasize: “How do you respond when you are accused of having frequented a large number of sexual predators? Of having awarded a Renaudot prize to Gabriel Matzneff? Or of having burst out laughing when a novelist of whom you were the editor confided to having been sexually assaulted by a presenter of JT?
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“You can choose not to read it…”
“I answer that… This last story dates from twenty years ago. twenty years ago […] or questionable literary choices of ten years ago”, replied Frédéric Beigbeder.
Facing the camera, the artist wanted to defend himself: “The idea is that people have to be able to evolve. They have to be able to change. So don’t keep bringing them back to their past stupidities.” At the end of their interview, which sparked countless reactions on social networks, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine shared her point of view regarding her work: “It’s literature, you can choose not to read it… I read it. You annoyed me. I wanted to pull you by the hair too”.
Despite everything, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine does not regret her visit in the least: “I wanted to ask you questions. I wanted you to explain to me. You do it in a sincere way. Indeed, it will bother… It won’t please. But it’s still a book. An object of literature by Frédéric Beigbeder […]”.
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