Michel Cymes intended to settle his accounts with Jean-Pierre Foucault. The reason: what he said about him on the set Tonight at baba's during confinement. The presenter of Miss France had not appreciated the statements made by the most famous doctor of France on the coronavirus a few days earlier. He would have assured in particular that the virus would be only a simple "grippette". "When you say, 'Do you think this is serious?'. He says, "No, I'm not very worried, it's a virus like any other." But it’s deeply scandalous. Don't say anything, speaking is extremely dangerous. So be careful in the choice of words, and above all be meticulous in the choice of rests", he launched in front of Cyril Hanouna. Very hurt by the words of Jean-Pierre Foucault, Michel Cymes was keen to set the record straight sincehe never said that the Covid-19 was just a "grippette". He therefore decided to call him in order to settle his accounts with him.
Jean-Pierre Foucault knew why Michel Cymes called him
In the columns of Pure Media, he returned to his exchange with the former host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ? "I called and he said, 'I know why you are calling me.' I told him : 'Jean-Pierre, I am touched by what you said about me. Implied that I downplayed the crisis, that I didn't have to say what I said. I would like to know exactly what you are accusing me of. ' He was at his computer and he said to me: 'I was sent a kind of best of your words. I will watch them while I speak to you. ' Before watching the video, he said to me: 'You said the word grippette, I find it very serious on your part. ' I said, 'Okay, tell me where I said that.' He watches the video and at the end of the video he says to me: 'You didn't say it, I'm sorry. ' He had been so convinced, influenced by what he had been told, that he had ended up reacting to things that I had not said", he confided convinced by the apologies of the 72-year-old host.
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