Saturday July 11, 2020 starts a new season of Fort Boyard sure France 2. An edition obviously slightly turned upside down by the imperatives linked to social distancing measures but which also presents real novelties. Some animators will also make a first appearance very noticed in the tests of the legendary summer game of the second channel. A new cuvée which will be made by Francis Lalanne. The singer, who has been officiating for a few years in the guise of Narcisse, somewhat eccentric troubadour, will no longer be on board. An eviction very badly experienced by the main stakeholder who confided in our colleagues from Parisian. "They grabbed me to close it. But this is too much!"he says, very upset against the production company ALP and Alexia Laroche-Joubert, the producer. Convinced of having been dismissed for"his commitment to the European elections on a yellow vests list", Francis Lalanne seized the defender of the rights, Jacques Toubon, for discrimination.
Francis Lalanne decides to take the case to court
"Alexia Laroche Joubert first told me that I was a person at risk, as I am 61 years old", he still tells the Parisian."But Yann Le Gac, who plays Father Fouras, is 65 years old. Then I was told about an insurance problem. Very well, I was ready to have my own insurance, like Vincent Lagaf'. Except that for me, it was strangely not possible", gets angry Narcissus. Convinced that he was sidelined because of his political convictions, Francis Lalanne does not take heart: "An artist would no longer have the right to be a citizen?", and rides on his big horses:"It’s an insult to France. I have always fought with the weakest. I am a knight. Here we touch my chivalry". He also claims the intellectual property of his character Narcisse, to which he devotes a new project. The ALP production reacted through his lawyer, speaking of"exclusively editorial reasons"to exclude the character of Fort Boyard. The lawyer explained to Parisian that Narcissus belonged "exclusively at ALP in the same way as the other characters in the show", and that she"will be vigilant about unauthorized resumptions".
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