It is July 3, 2009, a few months after Renaud Capuçon and Laurence Ferrari met at the home of Michel Barnier, future prime minister. In front of the town hall of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, a joyful and colorful crowd throngs. The weather is nice, famous faces parade in front of the cameras and paparazzi lenses. Among them, Claire Chazal and Nikos Aliagas are there, in this very select wedding. The personalities follow one another, from the pastry chef Pierre Hermé to the fashion designer Christian Lacroix. But above all, the galaxy of political, economic and media personalities emerges here who will support the couple and constitute the ecosystem conducive to their respective careers.
Jean-Claude Dassier, director of information at TF1, has been a mentor for Laurence Ferrari since his early years at LCI. The two will also experience the same editorial trajectory, Jean-Claude Dassier now being vice-president of the editorial committee of the far-right magazine Current values and columnist on CNews, where he did not hesitate to affirm, in December 2022, that “Muslims don’t care about the Republic”. Another guest: Luc Ferry, the former Minister of National Education under Jacques Chirac, who is today one of Laurence Ferrari’s most frequent guests on his show “Punchline”. We also find Nonce Paolini, the former boss of TF1, who died last July, or Pierre Charon, nicknamed the Black Baron of Macronie by our colleagues at Mondeone of the shadow advisors who convinced Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National Assembly.
Create a network
As a witness, Renaud Capuçon chose the writer and media man Philippe Labro. After directing RTL programs from 1985 to 2000, Philippe Labro launched the C8 channel in 2005 with Vincent Bolloré. It was he who introduced the Breton industrialist to the world of media. Now aged 88, he continues to be involved in the billionaire’s sphere, of which he is the special advisor. In July 2022, Paris Match commissions the portrait of Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, known for his homophobic and anti-abortion positions, which is featured on the front page. The Society of Journalists Paris Match will be outraged by this choice, which caused the departure of Bruno Jeudy, political editor-in-chief of the magazine, opposed to this publication. He will be replaced in this position by Laurence Ferrari. The rest is known: Paris Match having been sold to Bernard Arnault, we find Philippe Labro as a contributor to the first issue of JD Newsthe new weekly from Bolloré led by Laurence Ferrari, released on newsstands on September 18, 2024.
Renaud Capuçon and Philippe Labro have been close since the early 2000s. As we learn from Europe 1 in 2022, they nickname themselves “Cappuccino” and “Labrocino” respectively. “I met Renaud Capuçon at the Salzburg Festival where, while still a kid, he played with the European Community Youth Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado, Philippe Labro tells us. We have been friends ever since. Renaud has always had the intelligence to interact with people older than him, like Pierre Bergé, who give him advice. He likes to build a network.”
