While the electoral campaign for the 2022 presidential election is not yet officially launched even if various candidates already declared are pounding the pavement such as Yannick Jadot for EELV, Anne Hidalgo for the PS or Marine Le Pen for the National Rally, the media coverage is beautiful and well there. Thomas Sotto should however have to ignore it because of a private relationship …
This is the diary Le Figaro which relates the information this Sunday, November 7, 2021. “According to our information, Thomas Sotto should announce soon that he will no longer host Elysee 2022 [l’émission politique de France 2 lancée en septembre 2021 avec Léa Salamé à la co-animation, NDLR]. The reason ? Her relationship with a very close collaborator of Prime Minister Jean Castex. In this case, its communications director, Mayada Boulos“, write our colleagues.
A relationship hitherto unknown to the general public but also to France Télévisions where “we learn it“relates the daily.”But what concerns private life must remain private“Says the audiovisual group, however well aware that the situation is disturbing even if, for the moment, the presidential party has not yet announced its candidate and that everything suggests that President Macron will attempt his re-election. Jean Castex should besides, campaign on his behalf. “Thomas Sotto is an exemplary journalist who has never been the subject of any ethical criticism“, insists the public group. He is also not the first in the PAF world to be in a relationship with a person from the political world since his co-host Léa Salamé shares his life with Raphaël Gluksmann and thus also had left the air for a few weeks during the 2019 Europeans.
“Logically, and to avoid any conflict of interest, Thomas Sotto should undoubtedly announce, beyond his withdrawal fromElysium 2022, that he will no longer do a political interview on France 2 during the presidential campaign. Officially, it should start in early January. Thomas Sotto could decide to stay at the presentation ofElysee 2022 until this expiry date or leave his functions immediately “, add Le Figaro. But the facilitator can remain in the animation of Telematin with his comrade Julia Vignali.