Accused of “crazy anger” and humiliating remarks by former collaborators, the star presenter of TF1 Denis Brogniart recognized a “outburst” that “nothing justifies” and presented his “apologies” to the people he “could hurt “, Friday in Here is. As part of an investigation into his “hidden face”, Here is reveals that the host, TF1’s special correspondent in Biscarosse (Landes) for the July 14 celebrations, had “screamed” in a “terrifying” way at a journalist and a production manager, leaving them “in shock”, according to ” a witness of the scene”.
This slippage was the subject of an internal investigation carried out by the HRD, the conclusions of which “pointed to an organizational problem in the face of high editorial ambitions in a particular context (fires in this area) which may have caused tensions general on the ground”, we specify at TF1.
“Shit that’s only good for smiling”
The TF1 group’s head of information, Thierry Thuillier, also confirmed, on Friday in front of journalists, that he had spoken with the host for an update. However, he refutes having, “to date”, removed from operations dependent on the direction of information, as indicated Here.
But the incident echoes the “humiliating anger” of which the host of Koh-Lanta is “capable” in public, “especially with women”, according to a union official from TF1 quoted by the magazine. The ex-host of Téléfoot, Charlotte Namura, reports how the host told her, “among other things, that she was ‘just shit just good to smile'”, during a pub break on the plateau of the “Mag” of the 2018 World Cup.
“Crazy anger with his subordinates”
Journalist Anne-Laure Bonnet, who presented “F1 à la Une” with him between 2008 and 2009, also talks about her “very difficult” collaboration with a “great pro” who “can’t stand co-presentation and gets angry crazy with his subordinates”. “I am very committed, a perfectionist and on the occasion of 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”, Denis Brogniart defends himself.
“Nothing justifies my outburst, which followed certain difficulties”, continues the host, assuring that “these isolated facts do not reflect the privileged relations based on respect and benevolence” maintained with his teams “for 30 years ” . “I would like to apologize to those who I may have hurt,” he concludes.