“You must have the big cock of a courageous man…” The shocking remarks of an advisor to Emmanuel Macron cause a scandal

Can we allow ourselves to say everything when we navigate the highest levels of the state apparatus? This is the question raised by the recent article in New Obswho points out the tendentious methods of a press advisor to Emmanuel Macron. Her name is Anastasia Colosimo, she is 34 years old, and she joined the Elysée in January 2023 to mainly handle relations with the international press.

“You’re doing shit.”

Since then, she has stood out among the journalists with whom she works through comments that are often borderline, sometimes shocking, which clash with the professionalism required by her role. According to our colleagues' investigation, she would have said “You must have a big cock of a courageous man, I would like to see it, feel it, touch it”, to a journalist who “contested an instruction from the Elysée “. She would also regularly judge the work of other journalists harshly, saying “You do shit, and you piss around it.” Without forgetting threats embellished with flowery language: “Go ahead, get out your crap news, and stand in front of your TV banner”.

All these slip-ups would have been discussed on November 12 during a meeting between Emmanuel Macron's three press advisors – including Anastasia Colosimo – and representatives of journalists from the presidential press. Its president, Jean-Rémi Baudot, would have confirmed to New Obs having alerted the Elysée on several occasions of the problems encountered with this somewhat sulphurous advisor, without however giving details on the nature of the exchanges which occurred during this interview of November 12.