Nicolas Sarkozy is in turmoil. Found guilty in the wiretapping case by the Paris Criminal Court, the former President of the Republic was sentenced to three years in prison, one of which was closed. A decision deplored by the companion of Carla Bruni, determined to appeal. On Wednesday March 3, 2021, he returned to this judgment in the 8 p.m. newscast of TF1. An interview conducted by Gilles Bouleau during which he obviously pleaded his case. According to him, he was the victim of a relentlessness. Words that visibly convinced the chroniclers of Do not touch My TV.
The day after his intervention, Cyril Hanouna and his columnists reconsidered his statements. Almost unanimously, the columnists agreed that Nicolas Sarkozy defended himself well … before crying scandal by discovering that a head of state saw nearly 4,500 of his calls put on listening and recorded without his knowledge. In the process, the host of TPMP made revelations about the former UMP chief.
Nicolas Sarkozy and his passion for television
Claiming to have met three French heads of state including François Hollande, Emmanuel Macron and Nicolas Sarkozy, he began by launching: "The three of them are nice. When you see them, they want to screw you up, stuff …" Before continuing with the unlikely conversation he had with little Giulia's daddy. "Sarkozy, he knows TV very well! Sarkozy, I tell the viewers, I spent half an hour with him talking about TV. He knows everything! He is very, very, very strong in TV. It is her passion", said C8's flagship host. An exchange which Cyril Hanouna has fondly remembered: "I'm telling you the truth, I had a great time, there you go!"
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