Denis Brogniart in the hot seat?
On Friday, the star presenter of “Koh-Lanta” and “Ninja Warrior” was at the heart of a controversy made public by
Here.
The people magazine relayed the testimonies of former collaborators of the host, including that of Charlotte Namura, who claimed to have been
"insulted and humiliated"
on set during the Football World Cup in 2018. It is specified that in the middle of a publicity break, she would have been described by her colleague as
“shit that is barely good enough to smile at”
.
Denis Brogniart would not have appreciated that she was hesitant about the question to ask the viewers.
The journalist had already spoken about it on Twitter last March, without giving a name.
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Contacted by our colleagues from Le
Parisien,
Thierry Thuillier, director of news for TF1, was invited to react to this affair.
“I had feedback after the retransmission”
in question, he admits before explaining having spoken “
with Denis and having said things to each other
”.
Since then, the leader assures that the
"message was well received"
by the presenter since
"the channel has had no feedback for seven months about him".
Words certified by a union representative who, witnessing the scene, recounts having seen Denis Brogniart
"being given a soap"
by his superior.
Management
“does not rule out to date”
the journalist neither of the programs of which he is at the controls, nor of the next special editions.
“We will see but for me, the subject is closed”
, concludes Thierry Thuillier.
Here
had contacted Denis Brogniart so that he reacted to these accusations.
“
I am very committed, a perfectionist and during two live broadcasts on TF1, where the pressure is very intense, I had words that went beyond my thoughts, comments that offended some people and I regret it.
Nothing justifies my behavior, which followed certain difficulties.
These isolated facts do not reflect the privileged relationships based on respect and goodwill that I maintain with the technical and editorial teams of the programs in which I have participated for 30 years.
I would like to apologize to those who I have been able to hurt
, ”apologized the host, whose inauguration of his statue at the Grévin museum is maintained on February 2.