It’s a rant that caused a stir in the media… But also on the Web! As rumors swirled about the next casting of LOL: who laughs comes out”, Prime Video’s hit show, Blanche Gardin came out of her silence – on April 20, 2023 – to announce that she refused to participate. “It would really hurt my ass to be paid 200,000 euros for a day’s work when the association […] would win 50,000 euros”, said the actress in her open letter to Jeff Bezos, boss of Amazon.
In his eyes, the group does not “don’t pay their taxes in France”“emits 55.8 million tonnes of greenhouse gases per year” or “destroys jobs in small businesses”. In a press release, the firm was quick to counterattack : “For more than two decades, we have been striving to earn the trust of our customers in France by contributing to the dynamism of the territories, by offering excellent quality service, a wide range of products and low prices, despite the increase cost of living”.
And also to point out: “We have made an ambitious commitment in the fight against climate change with The Climate Pledge, to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040”. I’opportunity for the company to ensure that it was indeed paying its “part of taxes, which amounted to 1 billion euros” on the year 2021. This Monday, April 24, 2023 in “Do not touch My TV”Cyril Hanouna put this hot topic back on the table.
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“It kind of came out of nowhere…”
“I find that when she speaks as a citizen, she has a kind of posture that is a sham”, regretted Géraldine Maillet. “I find that she is in a kind of lesson-giver demagoguery which is unbearable […]”. Same story for her colleague Valérie Bénaïm who felt that the actress should cut ties with Amazon by removing her works from the platforms to stay true to her values.
A lively debate that was strongly commented on Twitter. The day after the show, it was Maxime Gueny who spoke about the issue on the set of “BuzzTV” For “TVMagazine”. Like his other colleagues in “TPMP”, Maxime Gueny was taken aback by Blanche Gardin’s position: “It’s a bit out of nowhere, I think. 200,000 euros is a lot of money, but at the same time, they bring in… LOL is the most watched program on Prime Video”.
For him, the big stamp of the artists is more than legitimate: “As long as it pays off and generates flow, it makes people work. The best thing she could have done is to participate and donate part of her fee to the association. “. What the journalist of the show replied: “And we don’t attract a Pierre Niney with […] 5000 euros, it’s very complicated, we know… These are personalities who are still very much in demand too […]”. A new charge against Blanche Gardin…
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The scratch of @MaximeGueny on the set of #Buzz TV : “Blanche Gardin could have taken part in #LOLquiritsort and donate their stamp to an association” pic.twitter.com/6WQY9ZUwH0
—TV Magazine (@TVMAG) April 25, 2023