“It’s not good”: Anne-Sophie Lapix evokes the “hand in the face” of Edouard Philippe

Thursday, October 27, Company unveiled an interview with Anne-Sophie Lapix. The presenter of 8 p.m. de France 2 notably returned to his tense exchange with Edouard Philippe during the confinement of 2020, when the Prime Minister would have made shocking remarks about him.

Of her rich career, which notably saw her present It’s up to you for years before taking control of the 8 p.m. from France 2, Anne-Sophie Lapix retains great television moments, but also less good ones. In particular, an interview that remained famous on the evening of March 17, 2020. Emmanuel Macron has just announced the very first containment in history for the start of the Covid-19 epidemic, and its Prime Minister Edouard Philippe comes in front of her (already in video) to answer questions that the French may have. But the presenter becomes the target of Internet users for her complacent tone and her smiles on the air, when the hour is serious. Last July, she was already expressing her regrets in the columns of Parisian : “This interview cost me a little dear! Lots of people took it badly, believing that it was not the right tone. In my defense, I had no feedback, so I couldn’t see myself. Maybe I would do this interview differentlymore I would ask the same questions” she explained.

Tense relations with politicians?

Especially since Anne-Sophie Lapix does not can’t boast of having very good relations with the governmentevidenced by the controversy around the presentation of the debate between the two rounds and a Emmanuel Macron who would have refused his presence. “I don’t tell myself ‘he doesn’t love me’, I don’t bring that back to me. I think it’s a general atmosphere, a relationship to public service” does she justify this week in the columns of Company. The journalist also returned to this famous interview with Edouard Philippe, who would have made shocking remarks to his collaborators following their exchange: “If she had been in front of me, I would have put my hand in her face” he would have said. Words that the host hopes to be invented: “I hope he didn’t say it. Because it’s not good to put your hand in someone’s face” she replies, also explaining that she did not have the same feedback from the collaborators of the current mayor of Le Havre. Who will perhaps one day return to his set… as a candidate for the Élysée?