This Monday March 20, 2023, Cyril Hanouna was at the controls of a new number of “Touche pas à mon poste” on C8. The PAF star also welcomed Eric Zemmour at the end of the show. As a reminder, the far-right ex-candidate for the 2022 presidential election came to promote his latest book. “I have not said my last word”. Facing the camera, the ex-controversialist confided in his disillusionment with his Elysian campaign, which he completed by collecting only 7% of the vote.
“Didn’t you say to yourself at 18%, I’m going to be in the second round against Emmanuel Macron?”, asked Lino and Bianca’s dad. “Ah for sure, I even told myself twice. I was in the polls in the second round in October and I was again in February. I’ll tell you a secret. I was preparing my debate with Emmanuel Macron in my head”, admitted Eric Zemmour not without bitterness.
And to clarify:Of course I’m disappointed. I’m a sportsman, I like to win, I hate to lose. I saw Mbappé’s face after the World Cup final, it made me happy. I thought, ‘Here’s a fighter who hates defeat.’ Me too, I hate defeat, I fought, I lost, frankly, I was not happy, no.” Unsurprisingly, his arrival on C8 sparked countless reactions on the networks and in the media.
“We do what we want”
The day after this interview, Julien Bellver, a key figure in “Daily”, was obviously questioned on the subject on the airwaves of “Sud Radio”. Obviously, the writer is not about to be invited on the set of Yann Barthès because of his political edge. “We have never received it and we will never receive it. We do not receive personalities from the far right”, blurted out the reporter.
However, Julien Bellver acknowledged that “The small newspaper” has – in the past – hosted Marine Le Pen “during the first presidential election of Emmanuel Macron”. “We are not a public service, we are on a private channel, so we do what we want”, defended Julien Bellver. An outing that is likely to make a lot of noise!
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