Pascal Praud closed his week of Time for the pros this Friday November 29, 2024 on CNews. The host, who attacked the 100% female jury of Miss France 2025spoke of a violent incident that occurred the day before at the National Assembly.
While the deputies were working on an amendment tabled by La France Insoumise to repeal the pension reform, a heated altercation broke out between Nicolas Turquois (Modem) and Antoine Léaument (LFI). “What happened is shocking. A Macronist threatened a PS colleague, then when I asked him to leave the Chamber, came to threaten me”denounced the second on X, a social network formerly called Twitter.
Pascal Praud reveals he was placed under police protection after death threats
From the plateau of Time for the prosPascal Praud called on the deputy from Jean-Luc Mélenchon's party to “calm down”. The host, who talked about Gabriel Attal's habits, made an unexpected confession. He revealed that he had been placed under police protection after receiving death threats.
“Mr Léaument, please calm down because everyone is receiving death threats! I was under police protection last year for two months. And I'm not the only one! Let him calm down because what La France Insoumise does is also to put targets on everyone…”he chanted while getting annoyed at the systematic recourse of many personalities to “victimization”.
The presenter, who was upset by a last minute change, didn't stop there. “It turns out that today, everyone who has a public role – journalists, artists, etc. – all receive death threats”he added. An opinion joined by Eugénie Bastié. The columnist for the flagship CNews program called on MPs to assume their political positions, arguing: “Yes, when you are a public figure who takes political positions or who votes, you expose yourself to criticism from voters. And that is the principle of democracy!”.