Michel Drucker would perhaps have done better to turn his tongue in his mouth seven times… On the set of Quelle époque this Saturday January 13, 2024 on France 2, the journalist and host questioned his colleague Marie Portolano about the shocking report that she filmed three years ago, and which was called I’m not a slut, I’m a journalist. In the latter, 18 female sports journalists spoke about the sexist bullying they suffered during their careers at Canal+, TF1 or France Télévisions. Among them: Isabelle Moreau, Isabelle Ithurburu, Nathalie Iannetta, Estelle Denis or Charlotte Namura and Vanessa Le Moigne. The latter two, offended by the comments made by Michel Drucker, took action on social networks.
The former columnist of TéléfootCharlotte Namurawho a few months ago accused host Denis Brogniart of having harassed and paralyzed her on the sets of TF1’s Sunday magazine, protested at the comments made by Michel Drucker, which according to her were allusive: “What does all this REALLY imply in his question?” asked the wife of Jean-Luc Guizonne, semi-finalist of season 6 of the star Academy. Her colleague Vanessa Le Moigne, who works on the BeIn Sports channel, also protested: “Really, Michel Drucker? We can discuss, if you wish, how your generation poorly educated another… It’s true, it was worse when you were a sports journalist. Thoughts for Marianne Mako” shot the professional.
The Marianne Mako case law is not enough
Vanessa Le Moigne makes a reference to the former journalist of Téléfoot Marianne Mako, died in September 2018 at the age of 55 from cancer. First female journalist on a sports show, the professional endured sexist and misogynistic remarks from Thierry Roland, who was furious at having to work on a sports show with a woman. In 1997, Marianne Mako was fired after ten years on the show, to the great joy of the host, who had stated in a book that her colleague said “lots of disasters”and that the broadcast Téléfoot“wasn’t really intended for women journalists”. More than twenty years after the departure of Marianne Mako, the journalist Gérald Holtz reveals that Thierry Roland, who died in 2008, had taken over from his colleague and had ordered her dismissal, on the grounds that he did not want “no women for football”.
“Really” Michel Drucker? We can discuss if you wish to discuss how your generation poorly educated another… It’s true, it was worse when you were a sports journalist. Thoughts for Marianne Mako pic.twitter.com/T6QLDiKGiJ
— vanessa Le Moigne (@Vanessalemoigne) January 14, 2024