Samuel Etienne during his Twitch stream on March 11, 2021. -

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Often Sam varies.

This week, Samuel Etienne was at the heart of a small controversy.

After receiving, live from his home and on his Twitch channel, François Hollande last Sunday, he announced a new meeting at the same place with Jean Castex: the Prime Minister will answer questions from Internet users on Sunday from 6 p.m.

On Wednesday, when asked about these talks with political figures,

The meeting is yours

, the journalist said at RMC's microphone that he did not intend to "give voice to the extremes".

"Historically for me the FN yesterday, the RN today, is not necessarily a party that has always played the Republic card and I do not find myself in these ideas," he explained.

The next day, at the opening of his traditional press review on Twitch, Samuel Etienne made his mea culpa "As a journalist, I must receive everyone".

And to clarify: "If I receive someone from the RN on my channel, it will not be at home.

A little earlier, via Twitter, he had thus launched an invitation to Marine Le Pen.

"A certain form of courage"

"I'm going to ease off on the policies," he then announced, estimating that "stalling two huge political interviews [those of François Hollande and Jean Castex] the same week, [was] a big bullshit.

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However, on Saturday, Samuel Etienne informed our colleagues from the

JDD

that he would invite "a representative of each political family playing the card of institutions", stressing that he must, "as a journalist [...], ensure a partisan balance.

"And to ask the question:" Will a representative of the National Rally or of La France insoumise agree to come and answer the questions of those who follow me on Twitch?

[…] It takes a certain form of courage to confront the reality and the expectations of the population.

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