The commentator was fired for publicly supporting comedian Sébastien Thoen, fired after participating in a sketch parodying the show "L'heure des pros" from Cnews.
The star commentator of Canal + Stéphane Guy, fired for having expressed his support for Sébastien Thoen, was finally dismissed from the encrypted channel, a source close to the matter told AFP on Thursday, confirming press information.
In question: his support for the humorist Sébastien Thoen, columnist of the
Canal Football Club
, recently dismissed by Canal +.
Before a match he was commenting on two weeks ago, he paid tribute to his "friend", believing that he had "not had the exit he would have deserved".
Sébastien Thoen fired at the end of November
Sébastien Thoen, who in addition to his role as a columnist also hosted the
Journal du hard
, was fired at the end of November from the channel after having participated in a sketch which parodied the program of Pascal Praud on CNews
L'heure des pros
".
The parody sketch had been broadcast on the sports betting site Winamax and had been a great success on social networks.
This dismissal had aroused the indignation of many internal journalists.
Nearly 150 Canal + employees had thus denounced, in a press release, this "eviction" and invoked "the freedom of expression, caricature and parody".
Stéphane Guy worked at Canal + for more than 20 years
The director of the antennas and programs of Canal +, Gérald-Brice Viret, for his part justified this dismissal, because the columnist was displayed in this sketch with a person who "constantly denigrates" the teams of the channel and had "legitimized "his words, an allusion to the comedian Julien Cazarre.
The Canal + and CNews channels both belong to the Canal + group, whose parent company Vivendi is controlled by Vincent Bolloré.
Stéphane Guy, an employee of Canal + for over 20 years, commented on the matches of the French championship and was one of the stars of the encrypted channel.
Asked Friday by AFP, Canal + had not followed up at midday.