France Televisions reframes Michel Drucker and defends Laurent Delahousse

"You have to keep your point. The Directorate of Information praises the work of Laurent Delahousse, an iconic and respected figure of France Televisions, its teams and editorial staff. Everyone has his place and his role on the public service. "The answer of France 2 will not have delayed. The day after the publication of the charge of Michel Drucker in Le Parisien Yannick Letranchant, executive director in charge of information, published a message on his Twitter account to ease tensions.

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In a long interview in which the 75-year-old animator is delighted with the return of Vivement dimanche two years after having arrested, he does not mince words: "In all my life, I have never criticized a colleague, I was loyal and loyal to the public service. But here it is too much. Because Laurent Delahousse is not a good guy. He asked for my place for almost ten years. Every season, he threatened to leave if he did not have 19 hours when I was a locomotive for his newspaper. As a reminder, France 2 had initially lengthened Vivement next Sunday before suppressing the Sunday program in favor of 19h on Sunday presented by Laurent Delahousse.

Visibly bitter, Michel Drucker adds: "Initially, I did not believe it. Until the day he said it openly. It pained me. I found it surreal. He was incredibly inelegant. It's even the golden ball of discipline. And internally, I'm not the only one to think so. At the time, I wrote to him. He tried to make me believe that he was courtesy incarnate. I have no grudge, but I have memory. And to conclude about his death that he evokes in his show Alone with you : "Here, Delahousse could make One day, a destiny. At least he will have to be elegant. "

Quotes that stung Takis Candilis, director of antennas and programs of France Televisions. Indeed, according to our colleagues of Parisien furious, the number two of the French audiovisual group sent Michel Drucker a message "immediately after the publication of the interview". Information that we are able to confirm. In this SMS, he told the host "that it was unacceptable for two great public service talents to compete in the public square".