Vaimalama Chaves will no doubt long remember his last stint in Fort Boyard. Or rather, especially its broadcast on Saturday August 20, 2022 on France 2. And for good reason, our former Miss France 2019 was the target of heavy criticism.
Her behavior did not please Internet users at all, who judged her to be “haughty” and even “hateful” throughout the show. Especially when she refused to participate in an event because of her phobia for spiders. “The choice, it is not cornelian. It’s no !“, she let go with a closed face. Vaimalama Chaves could however have collected two clues and thus enabled her team to secure a great victory for the association she was defending. But nothing worked. “It’s not my problem ! It’s dead !“, she had hammered.
Lynched by Internet users, Nicolas Fleury’s companion ended up explaining herself by story Instagram on Monday, pointing out how production is done. “I had said before that I would not go to spiders. It was my only condition to my participation. They tried to force me to give in, but no means no. It is also consent. And convincing me to ‘go’ by the media pressure that this show would bring was blackmail. I hate it so my no stayed no“, she confided.
Serious remarks to which the production company Adventure Line Productions reacted when it was contacted by our colleagues from Entertainment TV. The latter refuted the accusations of blackmail, assuring that she “don’t force anyone when an insurmountable phobia is stipulated by a participant“. She also recalls that Vaimalama Chaves was faced with two possibilities, without any obligation: “Vaimalama had a choice to be able to face this phobia for two clues or to give way to another candidate, but for only one clue.” It was precisely Caroline Margeridon who was finally chosen to look for the clue.