A controversial invitation: Cyril Hanouna creates a surprise: meeting with Elon Musk and Trump revealed

Cyril Hanouna, the star host of Touche pas à mon poste (TPMP), announced that he will travel to the United States to participate in an exclusive evening organized on February 18 at Mar-a-Lago, the residence of Donald Trump .

For several months, Cyril Hanouna has openly expressed his admiration for Elon Musk and his desire to collaborate with him. (archives)

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This revelation, made live on the C8 set, surprised viewers and columnists. Hanouna said: “I can say today, I will be with Elon Musk on February 18. I’m going to Mar-a-Lago for dinner. We might spend 20 minutes together, one-on-one. »

A controversial invitation

However, doubts emerged as to the origin of this invitation. According to several sources, it seems that the host simply purchased his access to this event via a paid plan called Epoch Presidential Partnership, offered by the Mar-a-Lago Club for $100,000. A community note published on the social network X under the video of the show underlines this hypothesis.

Despite the speculation, Cyril Hanouna seems excited about the opportunity. He will have to be replaced on C8 that evening to fly to Florida.

An assumed admiration for Elon Musk

For several months, Cyril Hanouna has openly expressed his admiration for Elon Musk and his desire to collaborate with him. “Elon Musk and I are really trying to connect. I send videos to Elon Musk. We send each other videos of businessmen. He responds through an intermediary (…) I hope to meet him one day,” he confided last December.

Hanouna has never hidden his ambition to develop new projects, particularly in partnership with the billionaire. He also revealed that a close friend of Musk’s acted as an intermediary in their exchanges.

A meeting with multiple issues

In addition to his fascination with Elon Musk, Cyril Hanouna could also take advantage of this event to speak briefly with Donald Trump, present during this exclusive evening. This meeting comes as the host prepares for the post-C8 era, the channel leaving TNT at the end of February.

It remains to be seen whether this evening will mark the start of a collaboration between Hanouna and Musk or whether it will simply prove to be a memorable experience for the host. In any case, this trip to the United States is already generating many reactions and comments.

Certain aspects of this article were developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence.