After becoming a star thanks to his morning and his political interview, Jean-Jacques Bourdin passes the hand today. 71-year-old journalist to be replaced soon by journalist Apolline de Malherbe who is already acting in his absence for 3 years and who joined the chain in 2007. RMC relies on the current host of the show BFM Politics to relaunch the section from 6 am to 8:30 am which has lost audiences in recent years. The Altice group (RMC, BFMTV …) has announced that it will take over the reins of the show as of the start of the school year, Monday August 24, 2020. The opportunity to discover 5 things you may not have known about the journalist.
She was the first journalist to speak about the DSK affair on French television
Apolline de Malherbe was in the United States as a correspondent for BFMTV when Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested, on May 14, 2011. The journalist had made the choice during the night to take the antenna very early, at 5 am , French time. "So I was the first to talk about it," she explained a few years ago to the Charles review.
His parents own a castle … which caused controversy
Guy de Malherbe and Marie-Hélène de La Forest Divonne, parents of the rising star of political news, own their own estate in Sarthe, the Chateau de Poncé. In February 2020, this beautiful Renaissance style building was at the heart of a controversy. A Facebook post shared more than 1,600 times claimed that it would be renovated to the tune of 30,000 thanks to the Heritage Lottery, implying a collusion between the government and the journalist. Wrong information since only the Caroline terrace, "architectural madness erected in 1830", will be able to benefit from the device and only up to 10,000 euros depending CheckNews, which has also noted no anomalies in the process of allocating this aid.
She had a clash with Marine Le Pen
Apolline de Malherbe interviewed Marine Le Pen on the set of her show BFM Politics in May 2014. An interview during which the patron of the National Rally had not hesitated to attack the journalist on her past, in particular mentioning her commitment to Jean-Pierre Chevènement during his campaign in 2002 or his studies in a prestigious establishment. "I am very happy to have passed the Sciences-Po competition and to have passed it. It is still a competition, it is the Meritocracy Marine Le Pen", was it justified.
She committed some blunders
Competent and much appreciated by her colleagues on BFMTV, Apolline de Malherbe nevertheless made a few blunders on the channel. On May 1, 2016, forgot to announce the news flash before his political meeting. Annoyed, the journalist launched a curse which was unfortunately broadcast live: "And shit, you had to announce the news, fuck you". Two months later, she also confused Benoist Apparu and Benoit Hamon.
She will be the first woman to present a morning radio / TV news in France
By agreeing to succeed Jean-Jacques Bourdin on RMC, Apolline de Malherbe becomes the first woman to present a morning news show in France. A great reward for the emblematic face of the NextRadioTV group, which will have carte blanche as of the start of the new school year.
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