Nicolas Bedos was the guest of “What an era!”, Saturday evening on France 2. Sentenced in October 2024 to one year in prison, including six months under an electronic bracelet for sexual assault, the writer and director came to present his new book, “The thirst for shame”, in which he tells how this affair supposedly turned his sense of life and his relationship to women.
On several occasions during the interview, we felt the discomfort of Léa Salamé, who interviewed Bedos. Several times, the journalist reminded her guest the seriousness of the situation. And that one could be surprised that he so quickly published a book on this affair. She also pointed out to him that it was not enough to do his mea-culpa in this way so that everything was forgotten and forgiven.
At the very end of the intervention of Nicolas Bedos, the humorist Paul de Saint Sernin, sniper of the show, dropped: “All the money collected thanks to the sale of this book will be donated to an association of victims. You don’t know, I just decided it but … “, providing the applause of the spectators present in the studio.
Uncomfortable, Nicolas Bedos replied: “It’s serious what we say there, it’s serious what we say there”. To which Paul de Saint Sernin replied: “Yes, but it was a way to show you that it is important consent. You see, I decide that the money is donated to this association without asking you for your opinion ”. Bedos then displayed a very embarrassed smile.
