As the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris approaches, France is being invaded by bedbugs. A subject that all the media have been covering for several days. Pascal Praud, like his counterparts, was no exception to the rule. Last Friday, the famous journalist spoke about this scourge on CNEWS. “There is a lot of immigration at the moment. Are these people who do not have the same hygiene conditions as those who are on French soil? […]. Is this related to this?”, he notably said on the air. Comments which provoked strong reactions.
“These remarks are obviously racist. Pascal Praud’s so-called prudence does not hide the memory of Maurras who said ‘the terrible vermin of the Jews of the East brings lice, the plague, typhus’. Ignoble”, said LFI deputy Aurélien Saintoul. For his part, Olivier Faure, first secretary of the Socialist Party, pointed out “racism now freewheeling and uninhibited.” And Marine Tondelier, national secretary of Europe Ecology Les Verts added: “When we are asked why environmentalists refuse to go on CNews, you have the answer here.”
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Patrick Sébastien reacts to the controversy
“Insulted, harassed and defamed” following his speech, Pascal Praud was forced to defend himself. “I know that our channel CNews is a target, in particular L’heure des pros (his show, editor’s note), for zealous informers in the media space who wanted to see a racist connotation in my questioning. he explained. Unfortunately, the journalist’s excuses did not convince the crowds.
Guest of Buzz TV this Tuesday, October 3, 2023, Patrick Sébastien returned to the controversy. If he the animator of Largest Cabaret in the World considers that“There are more important things in life.”he recognizes that Pascal Praud “perhaps should have kept quiet rather than say such a thing.” “It’s the proportions that it takes, it’s not so much what he said which is very debatable indeed, but it’s the proportions that it takes”, he added. A bad buzz for the star of Time for the pros…
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