Canal + has laid off Stéphane Guy, one of its star commentators, for expressing his support for Sébastien Thoen, recently dismissed by the encrypted channel, Agence France-Presse (AFP) learned Thursday December 10 from concordant sources, confirming a information from The team.
As reported by the sports daily on its site, the journalist was suspended until December 18.
Last weekend, before the start of the second period of Montpellier-PSG, which he commented on Canal +, he paid tribute to his “Friend” Sébastien Thoen, columnist for the “Canal football club”, believing that he had “Not had the exit he would have deserved”.
Contacted by AFP, the commentator and the channel declined to comment.
A parody of Pascal Praud’s show
Sébastien Thoen, who in addition to his role as a columnist also hosted the “Journal du hard”, was fired at the end of November from the channel after having participated in a sketch which parodied the program of Pascal Praud on CNews, “L’Heure des pros” .
On Wednesday, the director of antennas and programs of Canal +, Gérald-Brice Viret, had confirmed this dismissal, justified according to him because the columnist had appeared in this sketch with a person who “Constantly denigrates” the chain teams and had “Legitimized” his words, an allusion to the comedian Julien Cazarre.
The Canal + and CNews channels both belong to the Canal + group, whose parent company, Vivendi, is controlled by Vincent Bolloré.
