Jean-Luc Mélenchon was the guest of the program Quelle Époque, this Saturday, September 24. Asked about Adrien Quatennens, he quickly lost his temper and attacked Léa Salamé.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon does not have his tongue in his pocket and he does not hesitate to let it be known when a subject bothers him. For several weeks, Adrien Quatennens has been the center of attention. It is targeted by a handrail from his wife who mentioned domestic violence. Facts confirmed by the principal concerned since he admitted having “given a slap in the face in a context of extreme tension and mutual aggression“ in a statement shared on his account instagram, Sunday September 18, 2022. Jean-Luc Mélenchon gave him his support by welcoming the fact that he publicly assumed the facts. Guest of the show what a time, this Saturday, September 24, the former MEP was questioned about this case and he did not seem to want to talk about it. “Why don’t you just say you didn’t choose the right words?“, first asked Léa Salamé before adding: “What shocked a lot of people, women, is that it feels like you underestimated that slap“. To which the principal concerned immediately replied: “You frankly exaggerate, it’s odious“. For her part, the journalist tried to defend herself: “I’m not being obnoxious, I’m just asking you why you don’t say he was your friend“, she said.
On the set of the show, Jean-Luc Mélenchon was determined to be heard. “He’s an extraordinarily bright young man, you can’t stop me loving him.“said the former presidential candidate. “But no one ever says that. Why don’t you just say you said two too many words in your tweet?“, she asks her guest before specifying: “Praise his courage and his dignity when he has just confessed that he slapped, it hurts“. To which the principal concerned responds: “Do we not have the right to judge according to stable and constant principles? I understand that it hurts but I’d rather there be too much indignation, including against me, than less“. Subsequently, he adds that his word is “constraint because I am his friend, but also hers. I respect his word but also what he says“. Also present on the set, it was Cindy Bruna who then wanted to speak. “If I may say so, I experienced the violence because my mom was a victim of domestic violence so I witnessed it“, she first recalled. “Faced with accusations and the fact that he admitted the facts, support should be more towards the victim than the aggressor“said the model.
The very moving testimony of Cindy Bruna on domestic violence
Cindy Bruna had every intention of giving her opinion on this affair and it is in complete transparency that she did so. “Violence is violence“, she first said before adding: “You talk about graduating but there is no graduating. A slap is a slap“. Personally affected by domestic violence, the model recalls: “By having this way of spending, we minimize what happens and when we are a victim, we trivialize it. I did it myself“, she confided before indicating: “I thought to myself that it was not too serious and yes it was“. What she deplores next? The behavior of Jean-Luc Mélenchon who is a public figure: “You, as a statesman, have this responsibility to be careful and take that into account. We underestimate the impact of violence in societies and it is too serious“, she says. For his part, the principal concerned explains: “That’s why I said that I prefer an excess of indignation. I accept that one criticizes me when one condemns me because I accept that rather than indifference“, he assures before continuing: “There is a continuum in the violence. If it passes the first time, the second and the third and the next too“.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon: what message did he send to Adrien Quatennens?
Adrien Quatennens took the floor to confirm the facts of which he is accused. Following his press release, it was Jean-Luc Mélenchon who spoke in turn. “Police malice, media voyeurism, social networks were invited in the conflictual divorce of Adrien and Céline Quatennens”he first explained before adding: “Adrien decides to take it all on himself. I salute his dignity and his courage. I tell him my trust and my affection“. A message that made many political figures react and for which the former presidential candidate justified himself: “Céline and Adrien are both my friends. My affection for him does not mean that I am indifferent to Celine“he said before indicating: “She didn’t want to be quoted.. The man who had been the target of death threats then claims that, according to him, a “slapping is unacceptable in any case“. If he wanted to support Adrien Quantennas, it is because, according to him: “He assumes it, it’s good”, he concluded. Words that have been very noticed.