Tuesday March 23, 2021, Cyril Hanouna and the chroniclers of Do not touch My TV commented on mea culpa by Pierre Ménès. The day before, the one accused of sexual assault reneged on his reputation as a sexist journalist on the set of C8. Evoking the kisses stolen from Francesca Antonietti or even from Isabelle Moreau, the flagship face of Canal + assured that we would not take it again. Before lamenting: “Obviously when I see the scene with Francesca, I won’t do that anymore. But because the world has changed. It’s #MeToo, we can’t do anything anymore, we can’t say anything anymore“.
A speech that seems to have convinced Nathalie Marquay. Columnist in TPMP, she compared his words to those made by Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, also accused of sexual assault and rape. “I agree, it was a long time ago. It was a time when we accepted when we kissed. It was less shocking and the girl didn’t say anything because there is nothing sexual either“. Before adding: “But it’s true that now if it existed, it would be shocking because the time has changed. And now we are not allowed to do anything. Look even then. when PPDA he said, ‘I was just giving little kisses on the neck. It wasn’t sexual either“.
Cyril Hanouna deplores the words of Nathalie Marquay
A comparison that made Cyril Hanouna jump. “No, but the kisses on the neck … You don’t know him and you are going to give him kisses on the neck? Even then or not at the time!”, he said. While Nathalie Marquay tried to defend himself, he hastened to cut her again, supported by a majority of chroniclers: “I do not know PPDA well, I have had it twice by SMS, but I tell you: that is inadmissible”. A debate he concluded with: “Even twenty-five years ago. You see yourself going towards a girl (…), you don’t know her and you give her kisses on the neck? Where are we? We walk on the head !”
As a reminder, the former flagship journalist of TF1 explained in Daily on Wednesday March 3, 2021 that the accusations against him are said to be the result of misunderstandings. “This behavior, where there were sometimes little kisses on the neck, little compliments, charm or seduction, is no longer accepted by the younger generations ”, did he declare. Words that shocked the Web.
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