The flagship commentator of Canal + matches, Stéphane Guy, has just been laid off by the encrypted channel.

He paid tribute last week to Sébastien Thoen, thanked by the group for making fun of Pascal Praud and the CNews channel.

Has the Canal + channel decided to take revenge on those who supported Sébastien Thoen, thanked for making fun of in a sketch by Pascal Praud and the CNews channel?

Commentator Stéphane Guy, who paid tribute to the comedian with a few words at half-time in a match last week, was dismissed by his management, according to information from

L'Équipe

confirmed by the AFP.

According to the sports media, this layoff is effective until December 18.

Due to this layoff decided by the encrypted channel, the commentator of the football matches will miss the Manchester derby, between Manchester United and Manchester City, Saturday evening (6.30 p.m.), as well as the Ligue 1 match.

An allusion to Coluche

Before the start of the second period between Paris Saint-Germain and Montpellier, last Friday, the commentator had addressed a few words to his former colleague: "I want to salute the friend Sébastien Thoen who did not have the exit he We wish him good luck. We know that Marie Portolano's fine spirit will ensure continuity in the Canal Sports Club. There is no doubt about that. "

He then took up a phrase from Coluche to support his support: "We must beware of comedians because sometimes they say things as a joke."

Stéphane Guy shared this message of support after the ouster of Sébastien Thoen.

The comedian, officiating at the

 Journal du Hard

and in other programs of the encrypted channel, had been ousted at the end of November.

A petition denouncing this decision had gathered around 150 internal signatories.

Canal + spoke about the dismissal of Thoen

On Wednesday, the director of antennas and programs of the group, Gérald Brice-Viret, spoke about this eviction at the microphone of Europe 1: "We do not accept that we denigrate within the group and somewhere, in appearing with this person (the comedian and former collaborator of the channel Julien Cazarre, Editor's note), he legitimized all these denigrations, "said the leader in the program

Culture Médias

.

Contacted by AFP, the commentator and the channel declined to comment.

The Canal + and CNews channels both belong to the Canal + group, whose parent company Vivendi is controlled by Vincent Bolloré.