It’s best just to laugh. In the show What an era!, broadcast on France 2 on April 27, Léa Salamé sparked controversy. While the comedian Artus explained to her that he had managed to overcome his anxieties by stopping smoking and drinking alcohol, the journalist replied: “You’re no longer anxious, but you’re boring.” However, if some criticized this statement from Léa Salamé, others chose to laugh about it, notably Philippe Caverivière. In his column broadcast this Friday, May 3 in the RTL morning show, the author and screenwriter had fun making fun of Raphaël Glucksmann’s partner. After broadcasting the song by the group License IV, Come and have a drink at homethe columnist joked about his colleague’s recent statement.
“A lot of people who wanted to vote for Raphaël Glucksman [aux élections européennes, NDLR] and who learned of Léa’s faults said to themselves: ‘There, I wanted to vote for Glucksmann, but like Léa Salamé, his wife, is an alcoholic, I will vote for Bardella. I don’t want a drunk as first lady'”he declared with a lot of second degree. “Léa Salamé, we thought she was the heiress by Anne Sinclairin fact, it’s the new Chicandier [humoriste atteint d’une cirrhose du foie]”continued Philippe Caverivière, before concluding : “She’s like that, my Léa, she’s an epicurean. I saw her in the evening, and then came across Pierre Palmade. I told him: ‘Oh my Pierrot, you stopped coc’, MDMA, 3MMC and chemsex, oh you’ve become boring!
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Pascal Praud to the aid of Léa Salamé: “It’s becoming unbearable!”
Despite the jokes and criticism, other personalities came to Léa Salamé’s defense. On Europe 1, in his show Pascal Praud And youbroadcast on April 30, the one who had criticized Raphaël Glucksmann described the controversy as “ridiculous”, since his colleague simply used “second degree” according to him. “It doesn’t make sense. I’m not shocked, because it’s second degree”he said, before adding: “I really have a hard time with this society. In fact, Léa is playing, she’s using the second degree, she’s having fun.” Pascal Praud then continued, visibly annoyed: “You already have Artus who takes it at face value, and you also have the public who takes it at face value. It’s becoming unbearable. Instead of laughing at all that, we end up with a moralistic discussion about alcohol […]that’s not the issue.”
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