This Sunday, March 26, Dominique Tapie was the guest of Mohamed Bouhafsi in the show Focus Sunday on RTL. During his visit, the wife of Bernard Tapie did not hesitate to tackle the Netflix series severely on her husband, who had largely opposed the project during his lifetime.
For several days, Dominique Tapie has been chaining television and radio sets to talk about the release of his book Bernard, the fury of living published by the Observatory. In this book, she recounts her meeting with Bernard Tapie, their love story which lasted more than fifty years, but also the many debts he left her after his death on October 3, 2021. Dominique Tapie speaks openly about his current money problems and acknowledges “to have cursed and hated“her husband after he disappeared even though”this is no longer the case”, as she explained to Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine in C to you.
Dominique Tapie against the Netflix series dedicated to Bernard Tapie
This Sunday, March 26, Dominique Tapie was the guest of Mohamed Bouhafsi in the show Focus Sunday on RTL. She spoke about the love of Marseille supporters for Bernard Tapie, on the rumors about money hidden in a tax haven or on the Netflix series in preparation on the story of her husband. “I think that annoys you…”, asked the host. “Yeah ! The person who made this series came to see Bernard and he told him ‘No, if someone has to tell my story, it will be my son Laurent’. There you go… No comment“, she reacted, annoyed. It must be said that during his lifetime, Bernard Tapie had already expressed his dissatisfaction with the creation of this series with Laurent Lafitte. “Doing it without asking me for my agreement in principle is not very good. There are things we don’t do. That there are documentaries is another thing, but borrowing my name is a bit heavy“, he confided to Was-Matin in June 2021.
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Wonderman, a series that tells the life of Bernard Tapie from the 1960s to the 1990s
However, Tristan Séguéla and Olivier Demangel, who lead the creation of the series entitled Wonderman, decided to continue their project without worrying about the opinion of Bernard Tapie. “Wonderman will be a biopic about the man, freer than a biopic about the facts, with a very strong element of subjectivity. This is our look at its trajectory”, explained Olivier Demangel to First on June 18, 2021. And to add, “As soon as the idea came up, I informed him about it because I thought it was good to do it. But we did not seek his approval or his opinion.“Filming for the Netflix series, consisting of seven episodes, began in March 2022, and it is expected to be released on the platform this year. However, no release date has yet been announced.
