“This relationship to feminism has been marked since my childhood […] I think the past illuminates the present and at the same time announces the future. So the past explained what was coming and what happened with the #Metoo movement, and at the same time women’s rights”, began Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, before bouncing on the evocation by the columnist Maïa Mazaurette , before that, in the case of Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, accused of sexual harassment and rape by several women.
“This is also the behavior of some young women”
“I’m not going to push him further into the tragic fate he made for himself but when I named him, […] he was not the Patrick Poivre d’Arvor after. It was when he settled for 20 years at TF1 that he gradually became what we saw, “said the journalist. According to him, “it’s the power and the atmosphere”, that changed PPDA.” It’s first of all his temperament, and secondly also the behavior of some young women, like for singers, etc., who come looking for them. But he probably overdid it and drastically overdid it,” Elkabbach continued, prompting an awkward silence on set.
Maïa Mazaurette then pointed out to him that his words could shock. “I did not say it was the fault of the victims”, reacted the journalist, “but you cannot deny that when someone has power, including politicians or artists, there is like a movement that revolves around them. It’s up to them not to provoke, give in or attack”. “The victims must express themselves, and fortunately, they do. Nothing must be missed,” explained Jean-Pierre Elkabbach.
But his remarks were widely criticized on social networks. “Big discomfort. Thanks to Maïa Mazaurette for having reacted”, “Mr Elkabbach, it is because of speeches like yours that many victims today are not taken seriously or prefer to be silent. To vomit”, “an enormity”, “Mr Elkabbach, know that your friend Poivre D’arvor is indefensible”, we read among others on Twitter.
I hope everyone understood the enormity just said @JP_Elkabbach on the set of #Daily regarding the victims of PPDA ????????????
— behindthemask (@morchardrigane) December 13, 2022
Mr Elkabbach, it is because of speeches like yours that many victims today are not taken seriously or prefer to remain silent. To vomit ???? #daily
— Steph Kg (@kg_steph) December 13, 2022