We are used to seeing Valérie Benaïm jovial and smiling, but on November 18 on the set of Do not touch My TV, the 52-year-old columnist burst into tears. Cyril Hanouna returned to the statements of Louane, victim of attacks on his physique, and questioned his colleagues on the times they were injured by the press or by malicious internet users. Tom’s mother (21) shared her sad experience on the subject. Indeed, in 2020, the journalist responded in TPMP to Freeze Corleone, a controversial, raw-text rapper. The columnist has drawn the wrath of certain Internet users, who have started to harass, threaten and insult her. One of them even went to the show’s studio to “do battle with the Jews” and was condemned by justice.
On November 18, Valérie Benaim recalled this painful period, during which her health took a hit. “Usually, I’m a little Care Bears so getting a flood of hate including anti-Semitic like that, I wasn’t expecting it. I didn’t get it.”, confided the companion of Patoche. “After the controversy with the rapper, it was really very hard and you were a great help to me”, she told Cyril Hanouna, her great friend.
“There was physical abuse too and you gave me a bodyguard for a while. But what really touched me was that it hurt my parents. They got it. scared. My mother was worried about me “, she said, wiping away her tears.
“But I’m very happy because the viewers were adorable. We are strong, we know it’s TV, that it will pass and that you have to take some distance … But when your mom is afraid, that’s something else “, she concluded, extremely moved. Matthieu Delormeau took the opportunity to talk about “nervous fatigue” felt after various controversies that had arisen in the past and which explained his absence.