The former host of “D’art d’art” and “Tonight or never” Frédéric Taddeï said on Tuesday that he was leaving the presentation of his show on the Russian channel RT “out of loyalty to France”.
Invited this February 22 from “Buzz TV”, the journalist announced his decision to leave the magazine he had embodied since 2018 from Monday to Thursday at 7 p.m. on RT France, the continuous news channel financed by Russia. He will host the last issue this Tuesday, February 22.
“The international situation being what it is, I decided this morning to stop hosting ‘Forbidden to Forbid’. Out of loyalty to France, I cannot continue a contradictory debate program from the moment when my country finds itself in open conflict with Russia”, estimates the journalist who refers to the diplomatic crisis between Paris and Moscow linked to the context conflict in Ukraine.
Frédéric Taddeï specifies however that he is not leaving RT France for the moment. “Xenia Fedorova, the president of the channel, asked me not to take too hasty a decision”, he explains, still at the microphone of “Buzz TV”.
A special Cesar ceremony evening on Europe 1
Other news for the presenter: Frédéric Taddeï will take control this Friday, February 24 on Europe 1 of a special cinema program on the occasion of the 47th Cesar ceremony. From 8 p.m., the journalist will return with his guests to what has made the news in the seventh art over the past twelve months. Surrounded by Catherine Schwaab, editor-in-chief at Paris Match, and Victor Bonnefoy, he will bring the listeners to the arrival of the guests on the Olympia red carpet as well as behind the scenes of the ceremony. Then, at 8:55 p.m., the station will broadcast the evening presented by Antoine de Caunes live, then Olivier Benkemoun, Catherine Schwaab and Frédéric Taddeï will meet with the winners.