Ahmad from "Koh-Lanta": "I received death threats"

“I have received insults, often racist hate messages and calls to boycott my businesses (Editor's note: he is the head of seven Tacos World restaurants) . And even calls for murder. Sad list of Ahmad, strong personality of this 24th edition of "Koh-Lanta", currently broadcast on Friday evening on TF1.

For the past week, social networks have made it a new target. His crime? To have engineered last Friday to push towards the exit Teheiura, which he describes himself as "legend" of the survival game. "I pass for the bad guy who eliminated the good guy," sums up the one who had already been made fun of for his reduced aquatic capacities. Too bad, I assume. My gait made sense. It was even a good move. Besides, my red teammates followed me. And they are far from being stupid. "

A strategy to eliminate the strongest

Ahmad explains that he acted as a late strategist, faced with the threat posed by the record holder of event victories. "I did not betray anyone by doing this," insists this entrepreneur. The editing shows reality. And he adds: "If I had to do it again, I will vote against him again. He is much too strong and above all very linked to Claude (Editor's note: another champion of the 2020 edition) . Its only flaw is that it lacks vice. The 30-year-old adventurer, who has applied seven times, is modeled after Robert Carlo Mariano, aka Boston Rob, the American Teheiura of manipulation. "In Survivor , they're all like that. The more we get into this game, the more we protect ourselves and the more we are respected, he slips. While here, it's really frowned upon. "

Before him, Clementine, Pascal or Javier had drawn the wrath of a part of the faithful of "Koh-Lanta". And in turn, he had prepared for it. Without anticipating the scale it could take. "I was warned that I could arouse criticism, that my character could be divisive," says Ahmad. But as long as we haven't experienced it, it remains words. I did not imagine as much violence. It's dramatic. If you're not armed, it can destroy a person. There is even a member who compared me to the coronavirus. He may have deleted his message since, we still have the trace. After that, I think I'm immune to human stupidity. "

"Terrible lynching"

Still reeling from this "surge of hatred", this adventurer denounces a "terrible lynching" and "harassment at a very high level" which goes far beyond the digital sphere. "People have called my restaurants to insult my employees, place false orders or post false comments," said this lawyer, who plans to file a complaint in anticipation of new attacks. These people did not understand anything. It's just a game. ”

At the same time, Ahmad claims to have had the daily support of the production of TF 1 (Editor's note: Adventure Line Productions) and several candidates, including Claude, the other hero of the red team. "It made me feel good," he says. Host Denis Brogniart also went to the front on Twitter and called him directly: "He found the words to help me step back, assured me that it was only a wave, that I should have no regrets and that the main thing was elsewhere. "

"I understand your disappointment regarding my elimination (...) However I cannot tolerate insults on social networks against certain candidates like @Ahmadkohlanta or @Jessica. This is the hard law of @ KohLantaTF1, don't you don't go after them! "

Even Teheiura, freshly eliminated, came to the rescue by tolerating neither insults nor fury. And then the coronavirus took over. “We are facing a health crisis, which will have significant economic consequences, deplores this entrepreneur. It puts everything else into perspective. "