Jacques Legros: why he does not want to contact Nathalie Marquay after his criticisms

Nathalie Marquay did not miss criticism from Jacques Legros. Indeed, on Tuesday September 27, 2022, the wife of Jean-Pierre Pernaut was invited to The morning without filter on Virgin Radio. Angry, she blurted out: “I completely hallucinated and above all, Mr. Jacques Legros forgets that he was only his joker. He allows himself to complain that at this time JP wanted to keep control of the content of the newspaper. But who is it? who for more than 30 years has set the tone for 1 p.m. and who has been attributed the audience results? she asks. Tom and Lou’s mother even goes so far as to declare that Jacques Legros “was kicking ass” her husband.

“During the confinement, Jean-Pierre had to have 15 minutes of air time. And each time, Jacques Legros made longer and longer subjects. Towards the end, he only had six minutes of air time left. What a lack of respect for our grieving family. I really ask myself the question: why this unpacking to sell this book? Fortunately, JP is not there. And frankly it is better, because we would have had a shock”, she confides before continuing: “I sent him a message to Monsieur Jacques Legros and he didn’t even have the decency to answer me. I still wanted to have an explanation with him and ask him why. Why do that ? Why do this to our family? My children, it is always difficult. It is shameful”.

Jacques Legros: “No, I did not contact her and I will not contact her”

In the face of such statements, Jacques Legros also reacted. In the columns of 20 minutes, the journalist explained, this Saturday, October 1, that he will not contact Nathalie Marquay. “No, I haven’t contacted her and I won’t contact her. I let her say what she wants, she has the right to. The only thing that bothers me, it’s when you haven’t read a book and you’re interviewed by someone who hasn’t read it either.” That is what is said.

Nathalie Marquay angry with Jacques Legros

What angered Nathalie Marquay were the revelations made by Jacques Legrosin his book Behind the screen: 40 years at the heart of the media. Indeed, the TF1 journalist is very critical of Jean-Pierre Pernaut: “Having been his joker for 24 years without a single editorial clash is a source of pride. But I know that he was itching to comment on my newspaper. He never spoke to me directly. The editors-in-chief always knew how to spare susceptibilities. Except once…” Indeed, while Jean-Pierre Pernaut was fighting the disease, the TF1 teams had decided to install him at home.

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“So we had installed an automatic mini-studio for him at his home. But he wanted to keep the leading role and asked the team more than necessary. For my part, I never knew what he was going to talk about. He was reluctant to share. He wanted more and more to take control of the whole newspaper. I was starting to boil inside, until the day when I broke out, gathered my things and started back to the parking lot and my car. he confides before continuing: “Since he wanted to do the newspaper for me, let him come and do it! I later learned that with this mini-studio at home, it was not the Chronicle of a confined person that he was planning to do, but the entire newspaper, his love, his passion, his thing, his life. I came back, of course…”.