Patrick Poivre d'Arvor ceased his collaboration with CNews on Tuesday February 16, 2021, two days before the affair broke out in the columns of the Parisian. Thursday, February 18, 2021, the newspaper revealed that the former presenter of TF1 was accused of rape by the author Florence Porcel, for facts which would have occurred between 2004 and 2009. PPDA immediately came out of silence to deny these allegations, first on Facebook, then on the set of Daily Wednesday March 3, 2021. The 73-year-old journalist He did not explain the reasons for his withdrawal from the air, but his departure seems final. Monday March 15, 2021, a month after its last appearance on the channel, the group has indeed published an official press release to announce the arrival a new recruit, a famous 57-year-old journalist, Anne Fulda, which now replaces it. Time for books, the show she has been presenting since Monday, March 15, 2021 is similar to Long live the books, the one presented by Patrick Poivre d'Arvor. It will air Monday through Thursday at 8:55 p.m.
Who is Anne Fulda?
French political specialist and independent journalist Anne Fulda is known for her collaborations with Le Figaro, daily in which she officiates as a columnist. The presenter has also published five political books, including one about the current head of state, titled Emmanuel Macron, such a perfect young man (Ed. Plon) and released in 2017. Between 2005 and 2006, Anne Fulda had an affair with a President: Nicolas Sarkozy, who was at the time married to Cécilia Attias and Minister of the Interior. Anne Fulda had agreed to confide in their adulterous relationship in Loves, ruptures and betrayals (Éd. Fayard), a book by journalist Hubert Coudurier released in 2008: “He used to be served: 'You don't want to pack my things for me?' He would ask me in the morning. Faced with my refusal, Nicolas said: 'But Cécilia did it'.
Anne Fulda is delighted to embark on a new television adventure. "The opportunity presented itself thanks to Pascal Praud. After having dealt with politics for a long time, this work for television corresponds very much to what I do at Le Figaro: read all kinds of authors and meet them", explained the journalist to TV Mag Monday 15 March 2021. "So I accepted with a lot of desire and pleasure, the idea of offering a program without blinkers or overhang. Deep down, I am a reader like any other. "
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