Rather rare in the media due to his health problems, Bernard Tapie gave a great interview to the deputy editor of the Figaro, Yves Thréard. As part of the show "The great talks", broadcast Sunday February 28, 2021 on LCP, the former president of Olympique de Marseille looked back on his entire career, and his life in general. Bernard Tapie notably evoked his childhood by being particularly laudatory towards his father.
“My father was a fitter, and after that he became a refrigeration engineer. He was one of the smartest men I have ever met. And yet I have met a lot of them. But he was the only one who didn't know, " he asserted. Asked by his interlocutor about the trial of the Adidas arbitration case, currently still ongoing, Bernard Tapie took the opportunity to tackle some journalists. "There are two kinds of journalists, the so-called investigative ones, who do nothing, and are just in the pay of a prosecutor, a judge or somebody else. And you have the court columnists who go to court and know themselves about the law. Those who came to the Adidas trial didn't wait for my release to say, what the hell is this! " said the one who was the headliner of the series "Commissioner Valence" sure TF1.
Bernard Tapie: "François Mitterrand is the man who impressed me the most "
In addition to his career in business, Bernard Tapie was also invested in politics during his life. He was notably one of the ministers of President François Mitterrand, whom he has fondly remembered. "He was the man who impressed me the most. Because when you knew him in person, he had an incredible faculty, it is to have an analysis and an intellectual capacity which made him get into your tune, at your level. And an unimaginable power of conviction. He also had what is called strength of mind, " he confessed about the former head of state. When taking stock of his existence, Benard Tapie said he had made a success of his life.
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