Chronicles that did not make Damien Abad smile. Mocked this Thursday and this Friday on RTL in two humorous pills by Philippe Caverivière, the former Minister of Solidarity denounced the attacks on his disability as “rare indignity” and “totally unacceptable”.
“Disable comments anonymously on the networks, I’m used to it. But being insulted on a radio morning is a novelty,” explains the related deputy Renacimiento to BFMTV.com.
“The incredible film ‘The stump, the skirt and the plaintiff’
The radio comedian who writes a column every day in the morning rebuked the former LR who now supports Emmanuel Macron, who suffers from arthrogryposis, a rare congenital neuromuscular disease. This pathology results in joint deformities and stiffness, limiting range of motion.
On Thursday morning, the comedian who has worked at the station since 2019 had imagined a fake César ceremony, citing among the male revelations “Damien Abad in the amazing movie ‘The stump, the skirt and the complainant'”. The column alluded to the 4 counts of rape and attempted rape with drug use against him.
Elisabeth Borne had demanded her resignation from the government in early July, four days after a judicial investigation was opened against her. The forty who had denounced “ignoble slanders” upon his departure from the Ministry of Solidarity, he denies all charges.
“It is hurtful and infamous”
On Friday, Philippe Caverivière again mentioned the parliamentarian and his “penguin” approach “with his pants at his ankles”, to the laughter of the guest of the day, the lawyer Clarisse Serre and the presenters.
“These words are humiliating, degrading. How can you compare my hands to stumps? It is hurtful and infamous for all people with disabilities,” says the elected official, who demands a public apology.
Without asking for a gesture from Philippe Caverivière, the new president of the France-Lebanon friendship group at the Palais-Bourbon explains that “I would really appreciate it if someone from the newsroom would call him.”
The radio advocates “second degree humor”
“If Damien Abad was particularly moved by Philippe Caverivière’s column, we sincerely regret it,” the radio defended.
“Philippe Caverivière is a comedian whose humor must be taken in the second degree”, the antenna also advanced, underlining “his commitments against the disease”, in particular as a sponsor of the Léo association, which helps seriously ill children.
“As for RTL, its values of ‘Coexistence’ and its commitments to great causes, such as next week’s Yellow Pieces, are no longer there to prove themselves,” the outlet continues to judge.
Source: BFM TV
