During this season's premiere of Touche pas à mon postethe 49-year-old undisputed TV star went on a tirade against the regulator, which ruled that C8 should leave TNT next year.
“The TPMP will continue until February, the end of February. […] the C8 channel will make numerous appeals so that the decision is not taken”, explained the host, recalling that it was not notified to the Canal+ group. “We will have other options than TNT immediately after February. Without Arcom there is no problem, my audience do you think we love each other? », he had sung beforehand in a parodic sequence. However, he did not specify what those choices are.
C8 belongs to a group that will keep six other TNT frequencies: Canal+, CNews, CStar and three thematic channels (Canal+ Sport, Canal+ Cinémas and Planète +).
Arcom decided in July not to renew the frequency of C8 after February 28, which in eight years has accumulated 7.6 million euros in fines for slippages of its headliner.
“Arcom can persecute us, I don't care if the public loves me,” intoned Cyril Hanouna on air, dressed as Celine Dion, to Édith Piaf's standard “L'Hymne à l'amour”. during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. He then joined the set on a motorcycle live, under the eyes of sports journalist Nelson Monfort, to light a cauldron.
“I will be able to recover”
The host arrived from the Europe 1 studios, where he continues to present “On marche sur le tête” every day (16.00-18.00), tested in the legislative campaign.
To end the “TPMP”, Cyril Hanouna launched a long pro domo plea with a more serious tone. “It's a facial murder, to me, and a huge attack on free speech,” he lashed out. “They deleted an entire channel because there was a host that didn't suit them.”
“For several years I have been the subject of repeated harassment” and “I have decided to take legal action,” he announced solemnly. “I consider myself and know that we already have a 35-page file, harassed by the Arcom organization, which behind it generates hateful messages on social networks.”
“It is extremely serious. They cannot prevent anyone from working and today Arcom is preventing me from working,” he said.
“With the expansion, more than 400 people risk finding themselves unemployed,” said the presenter, who recalled that C8 had 300 employees and his production company H2O around a hundred. “I will be able to come back, my freedom of expression will be somewhere else, on the networks.”
“That's what I did, look, I was going to say some crap live, yeah, but all the good that this show has done for the 0.01%… I'm going to say, what happened? I made a prank, yes, we regret it […] We collided with a deputy”, he admitted, to recall the facts that caused the biggest fines.