Alexia Laroche-Joubert was the guest of Touche not at my post this Wednesday, March 1. The producer of Koh-Lanta spoke about Denis Brogniart and the accusations against him.
Denis Brogniart has been an emblematic figure in television for several years. If it is very well known and appreciated by viewers. The host has been at the center of attention for several weeks since he is the subject of serious accusations. These are many of his collaborators who referred to his “contemptuous and unacceptable behavior“. One of them remembered the day when, in 2018, Denis Brogniart told her that she was not “a shit, just good to smile”. On the set of Do not touch My TV this Wednesday, March 1, it was Alexia Laroche-Joubert who spoke and gave her version of the facts. “What do you think of the Denis Brogniart case?“, asked Geraldine Maillet. “The Denis case, I find that this is not the right term“, began Alexia Laroche-Joubert before adding: “I can talk about it all the more since I’ve been working with him for 7 years“. The producer explains that she has “never witnessed such scenes. Nervousness yes but he is soup with milk. Unisex, whether male or female“, she continues. According to her words, Denis Brogniart would be “extremely demanding and, in live conditions, because both events were live, in front of a collaborator, he got angry“.
Alexia Laroche-Joubert is transparent about Denis Brogniart. “I find it admirable that he apologized right away. Some don’t and honestly it’s happened twice in a 30 year career“, she assured. Determined not to say nonsense, the producer indicated that she had sought the definition of the word “harassment“and she believes that this is not the case for Denis Brogniart.”It is a repetition of physical and psychological pressures on the same individual. She didn’t experience this“, she explains, referring to the two women who came out of the silence. “That it was violent for them, I do not context and I think that Denis was not aware of the state of fragility in which was the young woman of July 14“, she admitted before tempering: “This is not acceptable, however we are neither in harassment nor in a relationship of subordination. He didn’t ask for their head, at any time“. Regarding a possible replacement of the host, Alexia Laroche-Joubert assures: “It’s a bit milky but there have never been any overflows. So you imagine me boss, woman, facing an outburst on a woman, it’s not acceptable“, she said before adding: “Because I call someone when there is a problem on my shoots, that was not the case. I don’t want to minimize their feelings“. For Alexia Laroche-Joubert, this story has “lasted 30 seconds. It’s rather a big shouting match between colleagues, it’s already happened to me“, she concluded.
Denis Brogniart: did he mention the accusations against him?
The accusations against Denis Brogniart quickly made the rounds of social networks. The principal concerned had come out of the silence and he had wanted to give his version of the facts. “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“, he had first indicated before adding: “Nothing justifies my behavior, which followed certain difficulties”. The flagship presenter of TF1 then recognized behaved inappropriately and apologized. “These isolated facts do not reflect the privileged relationships based on respect and benevolence that I maintain with the technical and editorial teams of the programs in which I have participated for 30 years”, he continued before declaring: “I would like to apologize to anyone I may have hurt.“.