Bertrand Renard and Arielle Boulin-Prat, the two pillars of the contest Numbers and letters, spoke on Monday night of a “forced and forced” exit, rejecting the version presented by France Télévisions of a formula change that would have been denied. In a press release sent to AFP and Parisianthe two historical figures of the PAF give their version of their departure, and evoke “a situation of rare violence”.
“What is discreetly called a ‘contract discrepancy’ arose because FTV demanded a reduction in our salary of around 60% and refused to grant us the CDI that we had the audacity to claim,” they say in the statement.
With fixed-term contract for 47 years
“Because yes, you read correctly, we have 36 years of fixed-term contracts for Arielle, and 47 years for Bertrand…”, they underline. “We do not exist even though we are on the air every day. This regularization has been flatly denied to us”.
On Friday, Alexandra Redde-Amiel, head of FTV’s gaming, variety and entertainment unit, announced the departure on Parisian. “We disagreed and we’re sorry,” she said.
Former game candidate Bertrand Renard refereed the numbers section and Arielle Boulin-Prat the letters section. According to the parisian, they will say goodbye on September 11 through the “issuance of the last canned numbers before the summer”.
previously daily Numbers and letters It will only be broadcast on weekends in the late afternoon on France 3, with a new format.
Source: BFM TV
