Michel Denisot: "Today, I consume the news on Twitter as I consumed it on the AFP ticker in the past"

Absent from television for several years,

discovered a passion for social networks.

Every day, the journalist and former host of the "Grand Journal" on Canal + posts on Instagram and Twitter jokes that his "dealers" send him or that they find during his hours spent on his smartphone.

Building on the success of his publications, he now has nearly 800,000 followers in total and sees his posts published in a book entitled

(Ed. Plon).

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- How was this book born?

Michel DENISOT.

- The idea came from Plon.

Lise Boëll [the director, Editor's note] called me six months ago to tell me that my Instagram account was very good, that it was very funny, that it was light, that it felt good and that we could make a book out of it.

I answered:

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Where does this title come from?

It is an expression that I have known for a long time that I had heard at a time when I was doing shows at Cannes for Canal+ with Coluche.

One evening, at a dinner, someone had said this sentence.

It's not Coluche but someone from his team.

And it stuck with me.

I find that funny.

Afterwards, we can also say peas, rice...

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Who are your joke dealers?

There is Jérôme Kerviel who is very funny and who also collects a lot of posts here and there.

At the end of the book, I say of him:

.

I don't know if that will make Société Générale laugh.

I don't care, I'm at the CIC (laughs).

There are also nicknames like Mamouz.

She is very funny, she lives in my neighborhood, the 6th arrondissement of Paris.

There is also Sandrine Biancalani who posts cool stuff while being an activist, especially for migrants.

And JoeyStarr who is not always there but when he is there, we obviously see him.

Do you know Jérôme Kerviel personally?

I had lunch with him at the release of his known episodes to make a show that ultimately did not happen.

You also quote the Dutronc family...

Yes, there is a bit of Jacques, a bit of Thomas and a lot of Claire in the book.

I worked with her two years ago on Europe 1 and I have kept good contact.

She is very funny, very Dutronc.

Jacques Dutronc is not on Instagram.

How does he send you things?

I have it by WhatsApp.

It's another network, more personal, where the jokes are a little less framed and I don't post on Instagram (laughs).

He sends me comments on the news, images or misappropriated things.

I've always found diverted news funny, which is also a way of shedding light on the news as it often is.

As Sigmund Freud said:

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That's how I see it and I'm interested too.

Are other "dealers" sending you jokes?

Today, there are a lot of people who send me some.

My passage in "Daily" on Monday triggered a wave of messages.

Among these people, there are some who have less of an audience than me, so I'm a bit of a broadcaster of a lot of things circulating.

“Instagram suits me well.

It's quite elegant, it amuses me, I enjoy it and I always discover things »

Michel Denisot

Among the jokes published in the book, which one makes you laugh the most?

It's the one at the beginning of my book:

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That's Instagram, it's a kind of drug where we are always quite hypocritical about the fact that we spend a lot of time there.

And you, how much time do you spend on Instagram?

I usually say two hours.

When I say that, my wife coughs.

But honestly, I think I do well four hours a day.

I try to restrain myself.

I think I'm going to publish a book that I will call

.

It may exist elsewhere.

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Prefer Instagram or Twitter?

Instagram!

Twitter I go there to get the news because it's more informative and instantaneous.

Every morning, I do a press review, that's what interests me.

When I was a young journalist, a long, long time ago, I don't even know if your parents were born, I could spend hours watching the AFP ticker tape roll out the news.

I was drugged by it like by social networks today which are in fact the same thing.

Today, I consume the news on Twitter as I consumed it on the AFP feed in the past.

I only watch that, I don't watch stuff that goes into a spin, I don't get into violent stuff.

It can quickly take on proportions.

It happened to me once or twice that

.

So I take it off.

What do you like about Instagram?

It's a medium that suits me well.

It's quite elegant, it amuses me, I enjoy it and I always discover things like this young woman, Diane Segard, who makes very funny one-minute videos.

It's the buzzword right now: do you feel like an influencer?

No not at all.

One day, I posted a message on Twitter that still works today:

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Booba took me back.

I don't think I'm an influencer.

I publish things, it goes in nature.

I do not feel invested with any mission.

I am not part of anything.

I am extremely free, I have a great freedom of spirit, it is a kind of luxury.

I have been offered several times to be here or there, even in politics.

I have a lot of esteem for people who get involved, it takes a lot of courage, to take it upon yourself, to be obliged to follow, etc.

but I am not in it.

In your jokes, you do not hesitate to tease certain personalities such as Michel Drucker...

There is no problem with Michel Drucker.

Moreover, the editing that there is in the book, where he is in the Queen of England, he puts it in his show.

Does this book appeal to another?

We'll see what happens.

It comes out today.

It seems that there have been a lot of pre-orders on Amazon.

We are very well ranked, they are very happy at Plon.

The passage in “Daily” served.

In addition, we made the historical record of the show this Monday.

I was there for two hours and deep down I thought people were like,

.

And oh no!

It's good, it's cute.

Doesn't that make you think about coming back to TV?

Honestly, no.

Or occasionally.

But I don't want to work every day anymore.

TV, I had the chance to be there at good times.

"I don't wish myself any tributes after my death"

Michel Denisot

Do you miss TV?

No.

The proof, I am on Instagram.

For me, it's not a job because I do it as a distraction, but I like this universe which is not of “my generation”.

And then if there is something new tomorrow, it will interest me.

As I say, my job is curious and I'm curious about new things.

However, you kept one foot in it...

Yes, I am in the process of making a documentary for France 2, broadcast at the end of May, at the end of the Cannes Film Festival.

It's about the Rassam-Berry dynasty.

Jean-Pierre Rassam, Paul Rassam, Claude Berri, Thomas Langmann, Dimitri Rassam, Maurice Pialat, Roman Polanski... that includes 50 years of French cinema.

I know Paul Rassam well, he is 85 years old, he has never spoken.

4-5 months ago he called me:

. "

I went on straight away because I'm very happy to do it, I really like it.

I have already done about twenty interviews.

There, I await an answer from Francis Ford Coppola who is finishing his new film this week,

.

Thomas Langmann's daughter is his assistant.

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This is the first time that you have worked for France Télévisions...

When I arrived in Paris, in Cognacq-Jay, there were only two channels.

I was on the front page, on the three, then on the front page and after Canal so I've never been to France Télévisions.

Like what, it's never too late!

You have launched many animators, comedians, comedians like

I spoke about it with Yann after “Daily”.

I told him that it gave me great pleasure to see that "Le Grand Journal" was the aircraft carrier for many talents who took off from there.

Canal+ was the envy of emerging talent.

Nobody owes me anything, we all “did ourselves a favor”.

They came to express their budding talent there so it was good for them, it was good for us.

Over the nine years I was there, it is true that there is a rather spectacular list and really very pleasant to see.

In the past, there was also Christophe Dechavanne, Marc-Olivier Fogiel, Jean-Luc Delarue... Indeed, I saw quite a few start.

Have you kept in touch?

I kept in touch with everyone but really.

It's affectionate because it's only for fun, the esteem we can have for each other and I'm quite spoiled on that side.

I communicate a lot with Charlotte these days for her film, I obviously voted for her at the Césars.

I'm thinking of seeing Louise next week.

I really like what Philippe Lacheau is doing, they are the new Bronzés.

He is right in the writing that sticks, we see the success he has, he is a hard worker.

All by the way.

What do you watch on television?

I watch sporting events, the news.

It's not easy because the news channels do a lot of debate and not a lot of news, it costs more than putting people around a table.

I watch “What a time!”.

I find that Léa Salamé has evolved well, it's a very good surprise.

I also watch “C ce soir” and “La Grande Librairie” on France 5

Do you think television was better before?

The "It was better before" is not in my way of thinking.

Nostalgia is a very widespread thing, I always say that it appeals to times when we were younger so to good memories.

I can see it, I didn't only do good things but people talk to me as if I had only done good things.

Today, TV no longer has a monopoly on the screen, so it's different.

Are you subscribed to any platforms?

Yes, I subscribe to Amazon for football matches and Netflix for series and films.

Recently,

You hit on the thing that worries me the most (laughs).

I can not answer.

Above all, I don't wish myself any homage.

I want a lot of discretion at this time.