Following his polemical remarks to the columnist Hapsatou Sy, Eric Zemmour has been deprogrammed from the program "We are not lying" on October 20th. The production of France 2 confirms hesitating to invite him, before dismissing the controversial talk show.
Since September 16, Eric Zemmour is at the center of a lively controversy because of what he said against Hapsatou Sy on the set of the show Les Terriens du dimanche . As a reminder, the writer had caused an uproar by saying that the name of the columnist represented "an insult to France . "
The tension would have reached such a level that the polemist, initially invited to participate in the program On is not lying October 20 on France 2, was canceled on Tuesday morning by the production. This information has been confirmed by Le Parisien .
The production recognizes the link with the controversy
Eric Zemmour's entourage tells the daily Ile-de-France that the production of the show has given "no reason" to justify its decision. This shelving comes in full promotion of his latest book entitled French Destiny . Interviewed by The HuffPost , talk show production stated that the writer had "never really been scheduled" to participate in this issue of ONPC. "There was hesitation after the controversy with Hapsatou Sy and the decision was made not to invite him," said officials.
Laurent Ruquier, presenter of the show, has also distanced himself from his former columnist. "That's the problem, all of a sudden he farted a cable. It's obvious, " he explained on France Inter on September 18th. "But at the time, when we took it, it was because it represented a part of the French society, but we did not think that the monster was going out. "