EXCLUSIVE. Géraldine Maillet reacts to the shocking remarks made by Cyril Hanouna towards her

Between Géraldine Maillet and Cyril Hanouna, the tone sometimes rises very high. Touched by certain words of the TPMP host, her columnist knows that she should not take them literally. This is what she explains in the columns of Closer, this Friday, January 10.

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Géraldine Maillet

IN BRIEF

• Géraldine Maillet, a columnist for TPMP for over seven years, often disagrees with Cyril Hanouna, the show's host.
• Despite the tensions on air, Géraldine Maillet claims to live with Cyril Hanouna's criticisms serenely, comparing the show to a “family dinner”.
• Find out how Géraldine Maillet sees Cyril Hanouna off camera and why she describes him as “very calm, funny and friendly”.

For over seven years, Géraldine Maillet has been a pillar of TPMP. The writer, who does not always agree with her comrades, always says what she thinks on air. Enough to sometimes provoke the anger of Cyril Hanouna. Known for being very sharp with his comrades, the host has sometimes had strong and shocking words towards Daniel Riolo's partner. But she knows it: it's the game.

In the columns of Closer, on newsstands this Friday, January 10, Géraldine Maillet assures us that she experiences “very well” the remarks of the host of Touche pas à mon poste. “It makes me laugh”, she says herself. Because for her, the C8 show “is a family dinner”. A dinner during which they “talk about everything: light, frivolous, serious…” And like in these family gatherings, “there are also times when we argue, we yell”.

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These “painful, unpleasant, very violent” words from Cyril Hanouna to Géraldine Maillet

Once the cameras are off and the show is over, the discord calms down and all the columnists calm things down. “It's not serious. There's nothing really at stake and no hard feelings between us the next day”, she swears to us. Yet she knows it: “it can sometimes be very vehement”. Notably in March 2022, when he called her a “lecturer” live.

“Respect the French a little. Let me talk, you are unbearable! The French, they do what they want. They are not like you with a comfortable salary, with a very good life…”, Cyril Hanouna said. Touched by his criticism, Géraldine Maillet had made things clear. “I found it very painful, very unpleasant, very violent, very aggressive. I am not at all a victim or a diva, just a columnist, I am here to give my opinion”, she confided.

Cyril Hanouna ? A “very calm, funny, friendly” man

“I did not tell the others what to do. I did not feel the family on your side at all, I found that there was a side of almost moral harassment, a bit of relentlessness. (…) There was no joke yesterday, it was not than aggressive”, regretted Géraldine Maillet. Strong words which had also surprised Cyril Hanouna. Since then, water has flowed under the bridge. And Géraldine Maillet is full of praise for the host.

According to her, he is a “very calm, funny, friendly” man as she describes him to Closer. “He speaks to everyone, and in the same way. Whether it's a minister, MP, makeup artist, technician, stage manager…, she describes again in our columns. In any case, during the live broadcast of the show, three hours every evening, it is impossible to play a game, to be false. We are all sincere.”

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