"Elected or not, I don't give a damn": how Cyril Hanouna was overtaken by the clash and politics
SERIES (5/5). The C8 channel will close on February 28. On this occasion, we look back at the eventful history of its flagship show, "Touche pas à mon poste", which imposed its star presenter. In this last part of our 5-episode investigation, the program took a very political turn: clashes follow one another and so do Arcom sanctions.
By Benoît DaragonThis Tuesday, October 5, 2021, Cyril Hanouna is the guest on RTL's morning show. At 7:45 a.m., the time for ministers and opposition leaders. Not the one usually reserved for small-screen entertainers. That day, no shoulder dancing, Hanouna has a serious tone. "I'm not for cornering those who don't have the same opinions as the majority of people. We've made a lot of mistakes on that. At the beginning, the National Front was swept under the carpet, we tried to never talk about it and it grew, grew... (...) I'm for vaccination but I listen to the antivaxxers. They're not all conspiracy theorists but people who ask questions," says the host, who then publishes "Ce que m'ont dit les Français" with Fayard, a book written with the columnist Christophe Barbier , which will sell less than 8,000 copies.
A few months before the presidential election, "Baba" is playing it serious. That morning, facing the journalist Alba Ventura, he displayed his ambitions for the campaign: to receive all the candidates on C8, starting with Emmanuel Macron , whom he did not hesitate to call live to wish him a happy birthday after his arrival at the Élysée. Ancient history. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of state is no longer popular with "TPMP" viewers.
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