The comedian made his first column on Friday January 31 on the set of C à vous France 5.
For his first column in C to youFriday January 31, humorist Merwane Benlazar caused a lot of ink to flow. Bonnet screwed on the head, beard of several centimeters and oversized sweater, the style of the humorist, considered a little too close to that of the Salafists according to some, aroused a keen debate on social networks. “Merwane Benlazar on C to you … He ducks me!” reacted Gilbert Collard. “When the moralizing public service goes from secularism to religious proselytism with the blessing of the Arch,” commented on the deputy for the National Rally Guillaume Bigot.
But the tweet that made the most react is that of the Eurotu Horizons Nathalie Loiseau. “On behalf of all women, their freedom, their rights dearly won here and flouted by Islamists all over the world, only one question: why?” Did she interview a screenshot of the program in which we can see the humorist on set.
“The cup of discord”
A wave of support in Merwane Benlazar then swept over the web. The ecological deputy Benjamin Lucas described the MEP “racist”, while the rebellious Clémence Watcht deplored a “new racist outing in extremely straight macronie”. For his part, the humorist published on Instagram a photo of his headgear. “The beanie of discord. Of the Islamist brand Zara made in the Islamic Republic of Portugal. Clicing ..” he commented, not without humor.
A few hours later, the MEP ensured in commenting on his first post that “racism is an offense, [qu’elle] comba[t]”, Before adding:” Islamism is an ideology. I oppose those who propagate it, directly or indirectly. “The MEP then justified its first reaction, by publishing a screenshot of a message posted on X by the humorist in 2021, in which he declares : “You were still in a club when the place of a woman is at the house with her father. Fear your Lord. Not blame the brother from UPS. “A message which is however difficult today to establish the context. Was it humor? Faced with the wave of criticism, Merwane Benlazar made his account X.