Present on the set of the program TPMP People Saturday March 18, 2023 on C8, Laurent Fontaine responded to the attacks of Lou Pernaut, the daughter of Jean-Pierre Pernaut, who accused him of being a vulture until the death of his father.
Former emblematic presenter of the 1 p.m. news on TF1 for 32 years, the journalist Jean Pierre Pernaut died of lung cancer on March 2, 2022 at the age of 71. On the first anniversary of his death, several of his relatives recently spoke to the media. This was especially the case with his daughter Lou Pernaut, who was on the set of the show Chez Jordan, broadcast on Thursday, March 16, 2023 on C8. During her interview with Jordan de Luxe, the daughter of Nathalie Marquay openly criticized the attitude of former TF1 presenter Laurent Fontaineshortly after his father’s death.
“Five minutes after my father died, he called my godmother, who is also my agent., for my mother to do an interview about my father’s death. Less than five minutes after the official reportshe revealed.I didn’t understand… I see this gentleman saying: ‘I was a good friend of Jean-Pierre, Lou studies and works!’. Excuse me ? So I’m already in interior design school. So she works the little one and besides sir didn’t know my father. I had never heard of him, I didn’t know who he was. I don’t know Laurent Fontaine, I had never seen him in my life!Lou Pernaut also added.
Laurent Fontaine: “I’ve always been friends with Jean-Pierre Pernaut”
As present every week on the set of the show TPMP People, broadcast Saturday March 18, 2023 on C8, Lawrence Fontaine was questioned by Matthieu Delormeau about Lou Pernaut’s commentsand insisted on defending themselves. “Wasn’t I his father’s friend? That she asks her mother if we haven’t been on holiday together etc. I’ve always been Jean-Pierre’s friend, so I’m mistaken. Two, she’s never heard of me? Too bad I don’t care it is possible that she is very young. Third, I called a girl named Murielle, in this case who is close to Lou, yes. I called after his father died, do you know why? To know if she clearly wanted, why not, to testify in TPMP People“, he declared.