In 2019, Léa Salamé, who had a son, Gabriel, with Raphaël Glucksmann, decided to stay away from political broadcasts during the European campaigns. She certainly didn’t want to be accused of political connivance, setting herself apart from other personalities who hid their affair or continued to ply their trade regardless of the mix of genres. Among them, Béatrice Schönberg, in a relationship with Minister Jean-Louis Borloo or Audrey Pulvar, a time companion of Arnaud Montebourg. Isabelle Saporta, environmental columnist on RTL ended up withdrawing, after the media coverage of her relationship with Yannick Jadot, EELV presidential candidate.
Thomas Sotto’s only consolation in this whole affair lies in the fact that for the first time, he is a man who has to withdraw professionally for love, and not the other way around. “My only consolation is to be the first man to step aside for a woman, whereas until now it was always them who were asked to stay at home “, had he declared in the columns in The Parisian.
This is not the first time that the two journalists have sent flowers to each other through the media. On the set of Roll on Sunday last October, Thomas Sotto said of his longtime collaborator in the field of politics: “Léa, it’s a generosity, he greeted. It’s curious how some people have an image of this girl as the wrong one. This girl is only doubt kindness, empathy. “A few years earlier, in 2018, Léa Salamé told the Figaro : “He is a good journalist, he has a very sympathetic side, he has a frizzy eye, he is simple, humble, quick, close to people, he has concrete questions. I find something sweet, tender in his eyes. Together we are complementary …“