Criticism is inherent in the office of head of state. If he had already overcome the anger of the French after the yellow vest crisis or the pension reform project, Emmanuel Macron now finds himself facing an unprecedented wave of reproaches. And on the celebrity side, the President of the Republic does not only have supporters either. In recent months, many personalities have spoken to express their dissatisfaction with the management of the pandemic orchestrated by the government: Philippe Etchebest, Isabelle Adjani, Camille Lellouche, Brigitte Bardot or even Stéphane Plaza … Lucie Lucas even went as far as to demand the resignation of the President. But it seems that some of Emmanuel Macron's detractors did not wait for the health crisis to manifest.
"You are going to shut your mouth"
In his book President burglar, published by Fayard editions on November 25, 2020, Corinne Lhaïk investigates the personality, career and way of governing Emmanuel Macron. The journalist of Opinion especially on his arrival to power in 2017, and on the presidential campaign that brought him to the Elysee Palace. In her book, she tells in particular a very surprising scene. In the fall of 2016, the future head of state is invited to a social dinner organized by filmmaker Luc Besson. Around the table, there are several familiar faces, including Jamel Debbouze and Nicolas Hulot.
Emmanuel Macron would then have tried to put the humorist in his pocket … in a somewhat wobbly way: "We talk about suburbs and Macron launches into a formatted speech on the tremendous energy of its young inhabitants ”, writes Corinne Lhaïk in her book. But the presidential candidate will not have the opportunity to follow through on his thoughts. Indeed, Jamel Debbouze did not hesitate to severely reframe Brigitte Macron's husband. “Listen, Minister, you are going to shut your mouth”, he said to the then Minister of the Economy. If the author assures us that this sentence has been spoken "in the tone of a joke ”, that did not prevent "The apprentice of the neighborhoods to be fired in his goals".
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