In the heart of the summer of 2024, Thomas Sotto found himself in turmoil. He was accused by former and current collaborators of Telematin to be “tyrannical” with his teams. He chose to leave the France 2 show to take on a new challenge on the radio.
The host, whom La Deux has agreed to replace by Julien Arnaud alongside Flavie Flament, has joined RTL. On the latter, he gave himself the mission of succeeding Yves Calvi in the presentation of RTL Matin. He was associated with Amandine Bégot from the end of August.
“I can't force myself…” : Amandine Bégot talks about her relationship with Thomas Sotto
She was the guest of BuzzTV/Le Figaro Monday, November 4. She confessed to knowing her partner from the RTL morning show since the time when they worked on two different news channels. “How did the start of the school year go? Was it not too difficult? Because Thomas Sotto was targeted by a Télérama investigation this summer, accusing him of having been a tyrannical boss with the Télématin teams. He he himself said that he had been injured and found it very unfair…”, asked Nicolas Vollaire.
The presenter, who destabilized Gad Elmaleh, confided having spoken about it with Thomas Sotto. “Of course it's something he talked about and I think he was indeed genuinely hurt…”she declared before her interlocutor cut him off: “He himself admitted that sometimes he was a little harsh…”. To which she replied: “No… I'm talking to you about what I see and frankly that's our job as journalists. To rely on facts and I see someone who wants to and is super pleasant to work with“.
Amandine Bégot concluded by ensuring that she had no tension behind the scenes with her new partner on the RTL morning show. “And once again, I can't force myself at four in the morning. So if things went wrong, in any case you would hear it!“insisted the one who is responsible for accompanying the awakening of listeners of the M6 group radio every morning between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m.
