blower, on-air apologies and unexpected support…

Léa Salamé said it on France Inter airwaves this Thursday, May 2, 2024, in the morning: “We stop with the valves“. Because since last Saturday, everyone has been falling on him after his joke about comedian Artus stopping smoking and drinking alcohol. Even the main person involved, who came to promote his film A little something extra, seems not to have appreciated it. “It’s very French, that. It’s funny because as soon as we say we’re going to stop drinking, we become boring when it’s damn good.“, he replied in the show What an era!

Since Internet users, politicians, health specialists and generally all those who want to give their opinion to participate in the controversy have been raging on the subject. A journalist and presenter decided to choose his side and it was that of Léa Salamé that he took. However, the man is not known to be a fan of public service. This is the divisive Pascal Praud.

Léa Salamé vigorously defended during the media storm

Pascal Praud therefore pleaded for his colleague Léa Salamé, in his show on Europe 1.It does not make sense. I’m not shocked, because it’s secondary. (…) I really struggle with this company. In fact, she plays, Léa. It’s becoming unbearable. Instead of laughing about it all, we get to a moralistic discussion about alcohol (…) that’s not the issue,” he confided, very upset by this unexpected controversy. The journalist, who also officiates on the maligned news channel CNews and also writes a column in The Sunday Journal, continued to expound on the subject, which seemed to fascinate him: “If you take the second degree at the first degree, obviously, you can no longer say anything. It’s terrible.”

Will Léa Salamé react to the alcohol controversy?

Léa Salamé who successfully presents What an era! on France 2 with its band of columnists – Christophe Dechavanne, Philippe Caverivière and Paul de Saint Sernin – should undoubtedly return to this bad buzz during the next issue of the show. In any case, this is what journalist Clément Garin, who put his two cents on Twitter, seems to believe. “According to my information, Léa Salamé was blasted by the management of France TV this Monday, and will apologize to the viewers of Quelle Époque with a message recalling the dangers of tobacco and alcohol on Saturday“, he assured on his account. To be continued!