In the interview given this Wednesday to Non-Stop People, he spoke of his weariness in the face of an era governed by "the righteous kommandantur".
A well-thought that contaminates, according to him, "Les Grosses Têtes", RTL program of which Jean-Jacques Peroni has been a member since 1998 and where self-censorship, through Laurent Ruquier, but also other participants, can sometimes rule.
An interview in the form of an arm of honor - a gesture he actually makes on set.
Result: Jean-Jacques Peroni, 68, was immediately shown the exit by the radio.
Contacted, RTL ensures that the troublemaker has not been "fired" - the latter was not salaried but paid by stamp - and refuses to make any other comments.
So you are leaving RTL?
JEAN-JACQUES PERONI.
It's RTL that weighs me down, that's all.
I did an interview and I said what I thought about self-censorship and political correctness and all that, that we can't laugh like before, that's all.
And it didn't rain?
Apparently not.
Immediately, we told you that it was no longer worth coming back ...
I got a phone call from the program director who told me that when we said things like that, we couldn't… Well I said,
too bad, go bye
, that's all!
What are you prevented from saying on RTL?
No, I'm not going to shit in the fan again ... All I want to say is that Ruquier has nothing to do with my eviction.
I had a message from Laurent, to which I replied, I told him too bad, we got along well both.
Okay there… it stops there.
You pay for your outspokenness.
Of course.
Did I say I
'm being muzzled?
Me, the muzzles, I tear them off
...
Regularly, were you asked not to tackle this or that topic?
They don't ask me, but you can feel it.
But I received messages of support from Jean-Pierre Foucault, who told me to be happy to have a friend who has balls (laughs).
Patrick Sébastien, Thomas Dutronc this morning… Not to mention the listeners yelling at the wheelwright, it seems, but I don't know how to use the Internet.
Well, I shut my mouth.
I'll let it go, there's no need to put your spleen in court-bouillon ... I mentioned the righteous Kommandantur.
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It didn't happen?
Inevitably.
But it's general ... I worked with Choron, at "Hara-Kiri", at "La Grosse Bertha" with the nine murdered friends (
Editor's note: during the
Charlie Hebdo attacks
), I still have the right to continue to laugh like I was laughing at that time?
But the nomenklatura doesn't want that kind of joke anymore.
Today, “Hara-kiri” with Choron, we would be either in jail or beheaded.
What are you going to do ?
I am waiting for my second dose of vaccine and I will go to Brittany.
And I'm waiting for theaters to reopen so I can write a new show with my friend, Laurent Gerra.
We're still a bit of a songwriter, which doesn't appeal to everyone here either.
Is it this songwriter spirit that no longer pleases, that even shocks?
That is to say, we can no longer give a fuck about anything.
We don't make fun with good feelings, as André Gide said, we don't write good literature with good feelings.
You don't feel like you're a little out of step with the times, after all?
Why am I out of step?
I am as old as I am.
Do you think Paul McCartney is out of step with his time?
I can't find it.
Well, I'm not well regarded because I don't like rap, I don't like singers… It's awful, I'm a social case.
Me, social networks, I sit on it.
All by myself, I am an anti-social network.
You say what you think about freedom of expression today and the sanction is immediate ...
Apparently.
I don't want to pretend, I don't care, I sleep well and I go out.
The info came out Thursday 1st, isn't it April Fool's Day?
No, that, I assure you, it's not April Fool's Day.