Spend the afternoon at the National Assembly?
“
I take this as an opportunity and not a sanction.
»
Sometimes serious, often mutt, Cyril Hanouna appeared as comfortable before the commission of inquiry for the allocation of television frequencies as on the set of “Touche pas à mon poste”.
Even going so far as to warn:
“
At 4:30 p.m., I have my snack.
»
In front of the deputies, Cyril Hanouna, the king of live, did Cyril Hanouna.
While some speculate about a withdrawal of the frequencies of C8 and CNews, the deputies returned at length to the excesses of the star presenter of C8.
In recent years, they have earned the channel around thirty calls to order from Arcom, the media regulator.
And above all a shower of fines, for a total of 7.5 million euros.
“
When we have a sanction, it is serious for us.
We are not happy to be sanctioned.
We don't party in the dressing rooms,
insisted Cyril Hanouna.
This seriously penalizes us.
»
For each violation, it is the C8 channel which receives the fine.
“
You are not obliged, in short, to pay for the consequences of your actions
,”
noted the Commission’s rapporteur, Aurélien Saintoul (LFI).
If nothing is formally written, part of these financial sanctions are taken
“
from my personal funds. ”
To me or my company.
At times, I asked C8 to reduce my salary
,”
defended the host, before specifying that this
“
does not impact the employees at all
”
but rather the viewers:
“
C8 does prime time and fewer emissions.
»
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“The TV hooligans”
On several occasions, the troublemaker of the PAF has strived to put into perspective the blame to which he is regularly subjected.
“
We have more than 5,000
hours of live broadcast and the sanctioned acts represent 0.1
% of air time.
We’re doing well
,” he considers.
“
There is a relentlessness on C8.
Today, selling advertising is very complicated on TV.
There is a fierceness from the other groups, who say to themselves that our viewers could be at home.
There is really a form of lobbying which means that people want to take me out of the audiovisual landscape.
There is this little music set up to say
: we are the thugs, the TV thugs
.”
The commission of inquiry also returned extensively to the Louis Boyard affair, who was previously a columnist for Cyril Hanouna.
In November 2022, the presenter insulted this member of La France insoumise live, leading to a record fine of 3.5 million euros for C8, and a complaint from the elected official against him for public insult.
The host responded by suing him for defamation.
“
Boyard, if he was elected, I think that TPMP and I had a little to do with it ,
”
he confided.
“
I kindly invite him on a subject, he had premeditated a happening
”
, he continues, to “be
Bolloré
.
When he came, I saw him not as an MP but as a friend.
And this friend betrayed me live,
” he explained to justify his insults.
“
Insulting sends an extremely serious signal
,” Renaissance MP Quentin Bataillon, who chairs the commission, reminded him.
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Buzz material
While La France insoumise and the ecologists refuse his invitations, Cyril Hanouna recognized that it was “
very complicated
” to respect political pluralism.
“
As we have no opponents, we are sometimes forced to cancel sets
,”
he said.
“
I try to give everyone a voice.
LFI refuses our invitations, I am not going to force them to come
.”
Before his summons, Cyril Hanouna had promised his “darlings” a special program on the “full debrief” of his hearing.
“
We’re just going to talk about this good time I’m spending with you
,” he joked.
“
The more you tap on my shows, the more audience there is, because people come to watch.
The more you talk about us, the more incredible publicity you give us
.”
For 2h30, the star host of C8 put on the show.
For him, everything is buzz material.
Including a parliamentary commission of inquiry.