For years, Benjamin Castaldi
was THE face of reality TV. Indeed, after having animated Loft Story on M6he was at the head of Secret Story on TF1 for eight years before giving way to Christophe Beaugrand in 2015. In fact, he knows the workings of the industry perfectly and does not hesitate to say what he thinks when asked what has become of reality TV today. today.
In fact, our colleagues from Le Crayon wanted to have the opinion of Cyril Hanouna’s ex-columnist on the new reality TV of the moment: Frenchie Shore broadcast on Paramount+. For the Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul Malak, the show raises many questions. In the columns of Parisianfor example, she deplored the fact that this program is “the limit of pornographyand it’s reality TV”. for her “anyone can come across it on social media like it happened to me. Frenchie Shore sends a disastrous image of private relationships. It could be a catastrophic start.”she lamented.
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Benjamin Castaldi defends “Frenchie Shore” which is close to “Secret Story”
This Friday, November 24, 2023, Benjamin Castaldi partly wished to respond to the minister. “These programs only bother the frustrated people,” he immediately blurted out to our colleagues in
Pencil , before continuing: “What is reality TV? What did people come to see at the beginning? Kids, or young people, teenagers, who were going to have fun, drink, possibly make love. Well, that, it was the basis of reality TV. It was Big Brother.”.
When the journalist tells him that the sexual relations, broadcast in Frenchie Shorerepresent a real problem, Benjamin Castaldi assures that this has always been broadcast in previous broadcasts. On the other hand, it is “perversion of mind” viewers “who imagines more things” he assured.
He also defends Frenchie Shore in the sense that everything that is broadcast has been announced in advance: “It’s clearly announced: we’re disgusting, we’re filthy, we’re obsessed, we come here to party, to have sex and whoever likes me follows me. If you don’t like it, you don’t look.” “If you’re a minor, who paid for your Paramount+ subscription? What credit card did you use to pay for it?”he asked at the end, asking a real question that deserves debate.
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