The host assured that he would be present at a party organized by Trump next February. With the certainty of meeting him…
Cyril Hanounawhich brings together more than two million viewers every evening, sees things big and international: he hopes to get closer to the billionaire Elon Musk and the elected American president Donald Trump, of whom he has been full of praise for several months, especially since the victory of the duo of billionaires at the beginning of November. The host of Touche pas à mon poste (TPMP) also boasted, in the preamble to his show on Monday January 13, of having been invited to an exclusive evening organized at Mar-a-Lago, the republican’s stronghold. in Florida, on February 18, in the first weeks of Donald Trump’s new mandate.
A final coup for the star host of the C8 channel, whose exclusion from the TNT channels is announced for March 1st. Despite this deadline, Cyril Hanouna is determined to make an impression once again. He thus confided on the TPMP set to plan a “twenty-minute face-to-face” meeting with Donald Trump and the head of his “department for government efficiency”. “It’s 90% (sure)… For the moment it’s confidential,” he added. Not so confidential anymore.
A place paid $100,000 or an “invitation of honor”
The announcement caused a stir among Internet users, surprised that the host was invited to such an event. Luxury hotel, red carpet, tuxedos… it’s all there. A rumor quickly spread on social networks, claiming that the TNT troublemaker had “bought” his “invitation”, reports HuffPost. And for good reason: on February 18, the ticket office of the Mar-a-Lago Club offers packages worth several thousand dollars to participate in “Celebrate American Exceptionalism 2025”.
The evening in question is in fact organized not by Donald Trump, but by America’s Future, an association considered conservative and known for relaying conspiracy theories from the QAnon movement. The fact remains that this organization is headed by the former national security advisor of the United States during the first term of the future ex-president. Among the formulas offered, the one called “Epoch Presidential Partnership” gives access to an interview with the president for the modest sum of… 100,000 dollars.
Cyril Hanouna denied the information according to which he had paid (very expensively) to be part of the evening and he relied on the statements of Jacob Safar, his “contact” at Mar-a-Lago, to justify his presence. The latter says he was the intermediary between the host of TPMP and the organizers of the evening during an intervention on the “Baba” show. Without, however, specifying the missions he carries out and for whom he works. “You are the ‘guest of honor’ Cyril. We ask [pour ces soirées] to have personalities from everywhere […] and you were one of the names that were on the list,” he assured live in Touche pas à mon poste.
Hanouna discusses exchanges with Musk
The host also took advantage of the presence of his “contact” on his show to extract some information about the boss of X: “Since the election, Elon Musk has been there at every party. He has not missed a single one, but it never announces itself,” specifies Jacob Safar, half-heartedly supporting the possibility of a meeting between the American billionaire and Cyril Hanouna.
For his part, the presenter never concealed his efforts to contact the director of Tesla. “In fact, we’re really trying to get in touch, Elon Musk and I. (…) We send each other videos of businessmen, that’s it. He responds through an intermediary and he sends him videos. I hope one day to meet him,” he declared in December on TPMP.