Home Entertainment Television The businessman Vincent Bolloré. – MEIGNEUX ROMUALD / SIPA Humor under control? Comedian Edgar-Yves said on Wednesday that one of his sketches alluding to the billionaire Vincent Bolloré on Comédie + was censored, a month after the dismissal of the host Sébastien Thoen for a parody of CNews, another channel of the group Canal + . The sketch which was to be broadcast on Monday on Comédie +, and in which the comedian Edgar-Yves made a parallel between the industrialist who controls Vivendi, the group’s parent company, and the Guinean president Alpha Condé, has been suppressed, reports The world . Two sides of the story “I was simply censored because I referred to Vincent Boll oré, ”said Edgar-Yves, interviewed Wednesday by AFP. Asked by Le Monde , the producer of the show Arnaud Chautard asserts that “the sketch was cut at the request of the artist, who was not happy with his performance”. “I do not confirm the version of Mr. Arnaud Chautard affirming that I would have asked to be cut because I was not satisfied with my service”, replied Edgar-Yves, who will comment in more detail on the case during his show at the Théâtre de la République when theaters reopen. This matter arises after dismissal on 24 December of the commentator Stéphane Guy , 20 years of home at Canal and flagship voice of French football, for supporting the comedian Sébastien Thoen, himself fired at the beginning of December for a parody targeting CNews, the group’s news channel. Share this:TweetLike this:Like Loading...
Home Entertainment Television The businessman Vincent Bolloré. – MEIGNEUX ROMUALD / SIPA Humor under control? Comedian Edgar-Yves said on Wednesday that one of his sketches alluding to the billionaire Vincent Bolloré on Comédie + was censored, a month after the dismissal of the host Sébastien Thoen for a parody of CNews, another channel of the group Canal + . The sketch which was to be broadcast on Monday on Comédie +, and in which the comedian Edgar-Yves made a parallel between the industrialist who controls Vivendi, the group’s parent company, and the Guinean president Alpha Condé, has been suppressed, reports The world . Two sides of the story “I was simply censored because I referred to Vincent Boll oré, ”said Edgar-Yves, interviewed Wednesday by AFP. Asked by Le Monde , the producer of the show Arnaud Chautard asserts that “the sketch was cut at the request of the artist, who was not happy with his performance”. “I do not confirm the version of Mr. Arnaud Chautard affirming that I would have asked to be cut because I was not satisfied with my service”, replied Edgar-Yves, who will comment in more detail on the case during his show at the Théâtre de la République when theaters reopen. This matter arises after dismissal on 24 December of the commentator Stéphane Guy , 20 years of home at Canal and flagship voice of French football, for supporting the comedian Sébastien Thoen, himself fired at the beginning of December for a parody targeting CNews, the group’s news channel.