A joke that was not unanimously accepted. Léa Salamé has made the resolution to no longer make jokes, in her show What an era! from Saturday May 4.
The reason ? Comments made the previous week when the journalist received the comedian Artus. The artist testified about his addiction to alcohol and how he managed to wean himself off it. “You have become annoying”the journalist then told him in a humorous tone.
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A joke that was not well received by many viewers. A flood of criticism was unleashed on social networks.
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“I received so many messages, there were so many reactions, between those who were shocked by my joke, those who were shocked by the extent of the reactions to this valve, in mode “definitely, we cannot nothing more to say”explained the France 2 journalist. “At first I was surprised because it was really a joke. We all felt it was a joke, Artus too. And in no way an apology for alcohol “, she assured.
Therefore, the talk show host said: “The valves, I’ll stop, I’ll leave them to you. I don’t know how to do it, and when you don’t know how to do it, you don’t do it. » She clarified that her sentence was a “joke”but “certainly not an apology for alcohol”. For his part, Artus contacted Léa Salamé to say he was sorry about the extent of the controversy.
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After she apologized, part of the show focused on the dangers of drinking alcohol. The doctor Gérald Kierzek intervened on the set by insisting that“we can be friendly and funny without alcohol”. This addiction kills 41,000 people per year and 200 illnesses are triggered because of it. “alcohol consumption and not just alcoholism”.
