After having braved the tests of Fort Boyard in 2018, Hugo Clément is ready to retry the France 2 adventure with his partner Alexandra Rosenfeld on August 1, 2020. The couple will be alongside Ariane Massenet, Florent Peyre and Gérémy Credeville. All will surpass themselves for the association "Sailors of life" which organizes maritime expeditions for children hospitalized for long stays. If the journalist is ready to take up the physical challenges proposed by Olivier Minne, he however put a condition. Defender of the environmental and animal cause, the documentary maker On the front made a special request to the production. "From an ethical point of view, I refuse to take part in tests which involve animals be it tigers, insects or reptiles. I don't want to have fun with captive animals who are not asked for their opinions ", he said in an interview for Télé-Loisirs published July 16, 2020.
"I only try physical tests"
"I made this request to production when I participated for the first time, he continues. I only try physical tests to defend associations that work for a good cause. And I am hopeful that in a few years there will be a Fort Boyard without animals, I also expressed this wish to the production! I don't think you need to lock up tigers to have a great TV show ". Little Jim's dad shares many videos, sometimes violent, on his Instagram account to make his subscribers aware of the animal cause. Vegetarian, he is the author of the book How I stopped eating animals published in 2019 by Seuil editions.
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