Pierre Ménès -
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Canal + broadcast Sunday a documentary directed by Marie Portolano,
I am not a slut
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A film on sexism in sports journalism, the genesis of which dates back to August 28, 2016 on the set of the Canal Football Club.
That day, Pierre Ménès lifts the journalist's skirt and grabs her buttocks in front of the audience.
In his docu, Portolano wanted to put Ménès face to face with what he had done to him five years earlier.
But according to the site Les Jours, this passage was censored by the management of Canal +, as well as the passage dated ten years ago where Isabelle Moreau is kissed by surprise by the journalist on the same set.
And since that is not enough, the debriefing of the scene by the victim at Portolano's microphone also disappears.
Les Jours further relates that in his face-to-face with Marie Portolano, Pierre Ménès says he does not remember the sequence of the raised skirt, "then does not understand why she felt humiliated", brushing aside the accusations of sexism in the name of sacrosanct humor.
“Not being able to laugh with a woman anymore,” he says, “that's sexism.
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"What is essential is the voice of women"
These revelations caused a stir on the networks, to which the presenter herself reacted on Twitter.
“What matters most is the voice of women, which has been fully respected by Canal +.
Please don't forget it.
Marie Portolano will leave the encrypted channel to join M6, where she will participate in the adaptation of the Belgian talk show Le Grand Cactus.
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