Michel Boujenah in September 2019. -

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“Us, when we go to TV, we don't make a living.

And them, they earn a lot of money.

Why ?

In the United States, it's not like that.

This cry of the heart had already been heard from independent researchers or freelance journalists, more rarely from actors and actresses.

Michel Boujenah, actor, director and comedian, is fed up, and he made it known on RTL.

He no longer wants to be invited for free on television.

First precision: journalists in France earn around 3,600 euros gross per month when they are on permanent contracts (2,700 € net) and 2,000 euros gross (1,500 € net) when they are “freelance”, that is to say that they (and especially they) work for several media.

By the way, you may not have known it, but in France, personalities invited to speak on television, radio or in newspapers are generally not paid unless they are columnists or columnists. regular).

The median gross monthly income of journalists, according to the Observatory of press professions.

- Observatory of press professions

The independence and ethics of newspapers are at stake, except that this practice has sometimes tended to get out of hand.

On some channels, entire programs are based only on their guests and guests, sometimes invited outside the “promo” periods, useful to these artists to highlight their works.

"I was the guest on duty"

Michel Boujenah paid the price for this system, which, he admits, was well arranged at the start: “I had only one obsession, it was to fill the rooms.

I played along, even though it was miles away from where I was at the bottom.

(…) At one point, it turned against me.

I was the guest on duty.

They made me do a bit of anything, ”complains the actor.

The actor, famous for his role in

Trois hommes et un couffin

and who has played with the greatest directors, is currently on the bill in

L'Avare

, the famous play by Molière, at the Théâtre des Nouvelles in Paris.

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