"I bring my mouth back, I shit on the president and the president calls me to say to me: You are right . I think it's great! This is not a sketch by Jean-Marie Bigard, but a confidence made by the humorist Wednesday on Sud-Radio. The comedian, also known for his sometimes questionable jokes as for his online rants, said that Emmanuel Macron called him after he asked, in a video seen millions of times, the reopening of bars. According to his version, not confirmed by the Elysee Palace, the head of state would have given him reason, promising to "change strategy".
PRESIDENT MACRON CALLS JEAN MARIE BIGARD
Friends, it's crazy what happened but after my video "rant" in 8 million views on how to handle the corona virus crisis by the government ... my phone rang with a number " unknown". At the other end was Macron, the real one. I said to myself "oh damn, this stinks of shit for my face ... sooner than expected" And in fact the guy said to me "I saw your video, you're right, we're going to change strategy "do you believe it or not ??? (I'll post the full version of the show in a few minutes)
Gepostet von JEAN-MARIE BIGARD OFFICIAL PAGE am Donnerstag, 21. May 2020Even during the coronavirus period, the President of the Republic makes excessive use of his telephone to take the time to address celebrities who are not yet close to him: on May 1, it was the polemicist Eric Zemmour who received a long Elyos call after being attacked in the street; on May 20, it was Philippe de Villiers, with whom Macron corresponded from time to time, who learned by presidential SMS that Puy du Fou should reopen on June 2. What feed a favoritism trial but also collect the good graces of the Vendéen ... and his fans.
Reviving the image of the anti-system candidate
What do all its interlocutors have in common? Slayers of the elites and of supposed "good-will", they are also extremely popular and sell books and DVDs by the thousands. "Although sewn with white thread, Emmanuel Macron's strategy is clever", analyzes Chloé Morin, in charge of opinion in Matignon under Jean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls and now political communications advisor. "While Emmanuel Macron is perceived as a symbol of globalist elitism , this allows him to reach audiences he does not usually touch and to reactivate the image of a man who would not be from the seraglio, as he was built during the 2017 campaign. ”
It is also a way of trying to defuse the emergence of an “outsider” by 2022, like a Beppe Grillo in Italy. "The President of the Republic exchanges with everyone, he is not sectarian, it is one of his qualities", defends Marlène Schiappa, Secretary of State responsible for Equality between women and men ... Herself a regular guest of Cyril Hanouna, another feared VIP designer at the Elysée.
VIDEO. Chloroquine: Emmanuel Macron visits Professor Raoult in Marseille
The latest popular anti-system figure to date, Professor Didier Raoult received a complimentary visit from Macron on April 9 in Marseille. Let the president be reassured: questioned on April 3 on possible political inclinations, the infectious disease specialist had replied: "I am doing my job. I have the arrogance to think that I am doing it well and I am proud of it! "
