She waited a bit, "while my brain digests," she says. But Nicole Ferroni did not intend to remain silent in the face of the eviction of her colleague Florence Mendez, columnist at her side in "Piquantes", the show of Téva. This Thursday, the comedian-presenter reacted by publishing a text on her Instagram account. "This message is my own," she warns. Before specifying in the preamble: "Everything Florence says in her Instagram post is true. "
The latter had indeed denounced Tuesday "the severity of the sanction", after the decision of the M6 group, owner of the Téva channel, to remove him following his altercation with Gérald Darmanin on March 29, 2023. In front of the broadcaster's headquarters, Florence Mendez had launched to the Minister of the Interior: "Darmanin! Rapist! (Accused of rape in the spring of 2017, the minister obtained a dismissal, confirmed on appeal on 24 January. The complainant indicated that she was appealing to the Court of Cassation)," she said. "At no time was the Minister of the Interior informed of anything," said the entourage of the latter, who discovered the case in the press.
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Nicole Ferroni, she says it clearly when talking about her "colleague" who, for the moment, will not be part of the next edition of "Piquantes" in September: "His eviction is not a decision that I share. Management knows that I am challenging it because of its disproportionateness. According to the former columnist of France Inter, "several proposals have been submitted internally" to allow the reintegration of Florence Mendez in the team. "Grievances, letter of apology but also the fact of putting Florence on a sombrero and a big mustache and renaming her Pedro Sanchez for the whole of season 4 so that she can work with us," she notes with humor.
She calls on the channel to review its position
The Belgian comic, who suffers from autistic disorders, had, for her part, sent Nicolas de Tavernost, the chairman of the board of the M6 group, a letter from her psychiatrist who wrote in particular that the conjunction of several elements could "lead to atypical behavior in certain social situations". In vain.
"Florence has all my friendship and admiration," continues Nicole Ferroni in her post where she also admits not "having made the choice of resignation" to protest against this departure. And to call on the broadcaster to review its position. "If our management wants to change its mind, rest assured that it is never too late," she says with a touch of irony: "Besides, if you do, as a token of my gratitude, I will offer the champagne and I will hug you tightly. But with your consent, of course, because we know what that word means (unlike some ministers... But today we will not say which one because I would like Florence to come back). »