From Inter to “Exter”, there is only one tweet. In the wake of the announcement of the dismissal of comedian Guillaume Meurice, two well-known voices on the air announced on social networks that they were resigning in solidarity.
Already absent from the studio Great Sunday Evening for several weeks, Aymeric Lompret has simply said: “More Guillaume = more Aymeric. Thank you for everything France inter. Now I’m going to spend the French’s money. » The artist GiedRéwho did likewise, invokes “obvious reasons » upon his departure.
These two resignations, before others?, will further weaken Charline Vanhoenacker’s show, whose troops are already very sparse. On May 5, Djamil Le Shlag had immediately reacted to the sidelining of his colleague by signing a column in the form of a letter of resignation
Proof of these difficulties, the latest broadcast, that of June 2, lasted only 48 minutes compared to an hour and a half in normal times.
A mois hectic
For those who missed the start of the series, the Meurice affair took a bad turn on May 2. The comedian was then removed from the air four days after repeating controversial comments about Benjamin Netanyahu made at the end of October.
The columnist had compared the Israeli Prime Minister to a “kind of Nazi but without a foreskin”, sparking accusations of anti-Semitism and a complaint, which was closed without further action. Two weeks later, he was summoned to an interview prior to a sanction then, on May 30, to a disciplinary committee.