It turns out instead of Valérie Bénaïm. Since the start of the school year, Monday January 6, 2025, the columnist has been absent from Don’t touch my post. Not because she extended her end-of-year vacation – as Cyril Hanouna first implied -, but because she had to have surgery. “I was diagnosed with a small illness which unfortunately eventually makes me deaf, and so I had to have an operation.“, she explained on Europe 1, Monday January 13, 2025.
The operation went well, but if Valérie Bénaïm is able to return to radio, she is not yet able to come on TV. She was therefore replaced at the table of columnists of the C8 show – whose future is still uncertain. Sometimes by Sophie Coste, sometimes by Danielle Moreau, but also by Elisa, a long-time friend of Cyril Hanounawhich made its television debut on Wednesday, January 15, 2025.”You went to the same school as me, middle school and high school. […] She was really a friend, she was a singer […] She knows my mother and my whole family“, said the presenter during his premiere.
“It never crossed our minds“: Cyril Hanouna and Elisa, just friends
After a few days of absence, Elisa – who was heavily flirted with by Jean-Michel Maire – made her return to the set of TPMPThursday January 23, 2025. The opportunity for Cyril Hanouna to talk about their bond again. “You were with me when I was in primary school and then in high school too“, he declared. And the columnist remembered: “Already at 17, a lot of success. We were coming home from school, all the girls around him“, she slipped. And added: “Those were the best years.“
-“She has a heart of gold, it has always been a love. Everyone loves it“, continued Cyril Hanouna. Before giving the floor to the columnists, who wanted to know more about his relationship with Elisa. “During all these years, you have always stayed in touch, have you not lost touch?“, asked Géraldine Maillet. “Not really, actually. We said hello to each other, we remained friends. She told me about her life“, replied the host. And the columnist declared: “Cyril is very very loyal in friendship, I would like to make that clear.“
But, between them, was it more than friendship? “Have you ever had your eye on Cyril? Wasn’t there something?“, Raymond asked Elisa. “No honestly, in all honesty, we were really good friends, really“she replied, assuring that she had never had “physical attraction“ for him. And Cyril Hanouna agrees: “It never crossed our minds. We weren’t there at all.“It has the merit of being clear.
