Can we laugh at everything? In its columns, the newspaper Release published on December 15 took a close interest in the comedian Gaspar Proust, new unwavering ally of Vincent Bolloré, wondering if humor had a political party. In a detailed portrait of the 47-year-old Slovenian-Swiss comedian and his notable arrival at Lagardère News, our colleagues have multiplied the sources to try to paint the comic now a columnist on Europe 1 as precisely as possible. Among their sources, elected Sandrine Rousseau, who didn’t mince his words against the one who hosted in March 2022 the evening of the “Great debate on values” of Current values.
Because if several policies seem “Play the game” facing Gaspard Proust when they are on the air of his show Signatures of Europe 1broadcast from Tuesday to Thursday, Sandrine Rousseau admits to a yellow laugh when she is confronted with it. For her, “he has the humor of a little business school idiot”. She also clarifies her thoughts, calling this humor “misogynist with racist overtones”. The elected environmentalist, often criticized for her outspokenness and her positions, also mentions the implication of Gaspard Proust’s texts in the online harassment of which she was a victim : the latter have according to her “participated” to the outcry she faced on social media.
The amazement of Gabriel Attal
In addition to the left-wing politician, another public figure was cited in the investigation Release. Gabriel Attal, today Minister of National Education, told our colleagues his impressions of the new author from Plon editions, met during a social dinner. A face-to-face amazing for those close to Brigitte Macron, Gaspard Proust did not make the expected impression on him. “He spoke to me about interest rates and company in a hypertechnical way, I had the impression of being in front of a treasury director“explained the minister, about the one who was an investment banker before taking to the stage.
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