In the midst of a storm following accusations of being “tyrannical” with his teams, Thomas Sotto left Telematin on France 2 during the summer of 2024. He decided to give new impetus to his career by joining the RTL morning show, of which he took control with Amandine Bégot at the start of the school year.
The host, who was replaced by Julien Arnaud on Deux, received Marine Le Pen in RTL Matin on Wednesday, November 20. As their interview drew to a close, he wanted to discuss the state of health of Jean-Marie Le Pen. “I have one last question, it's a little more personal. I hope you'll allow me…”he first said to the former presidential candidate.
“A few days ago, we learned that your father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, had been hospitalized. Is he still there this morning and how is he? How is he doing?”he added. To which the RTL morning guest responded: “Yes, he is hospitalized… Um… I'm not going to describe his state of health to you, but it's true that we have, because we love him, concerns about his health of course… “.
Thomas Sotto asks Marine Le Pen if her father is “end of life”…
Thomas Sotto did not stop there and did not hesitate to ask a much more intimate question. “Is Jean-Marie Le Pen at the end of his life?”he told Marine Le Pen. The latter did not hide her annoyance. “Ah I won't answer that! I think it's too violent a question and it affects the privacy of his private life and ours too!“she sharply reframed her interlocutor.
On the sidelines of the trial of the National Rally assistants, Marine Le Pen spoke a few days ago about the hospitalization of the founder of the National Front (former name of the National Rally, editor's note). She wanted to be reassuring in front of the journalists. “He is 96 years old and he is hospitalized regularly. There is nothing more or less than the episodes we have already experienced”declared the one whose father was hospitalized in the spring of 2023 after a heart attack.
