A gift that did not leave Anne-Sophie Lapix indifferent. At the helm of the 8pm news on France 2, broadcast this Thursday, August 8, the presenter welcomed Kauli Vaast onto her set. Three days earlier, the 22-year-old Tahitian won the gold medal in surfing by shining on the Teahupoo wave. From then on, he became the first Polynesian Olympic champion. A victory that he absolutely wanted to celebrate in the capital. “It’s an incredible opportunity for me to come here, to see all these French athletes winning medals”he rejoiced to Anne-Sophie Lapix. And added: “For me, it was a source of motivation. For me, during the days off, I watched it carefully (…) Seeing these gold medals is magnificent.”
And upon his arrival in Paris, Kauli Vaast celebrated this victory as it should be. “You came with this beautiful flower necklace and you even gave us a few dance steps earlier, from the stool, is that it?” reminded him of Arthur Sadoun’s wife. Naiki and Aelan’s brother took this opportunity to offer a very symbolic gift to Anne-Sophie Lapix. “Besides, in our country, in Polynesia, when we are invited, we offer you something.”he explained to her as a preamble. Before approaching her: “And I would like to offer you these flowers.” A delicate attention that deeply touched Bixente Lizarazu’s friend. “With pleasure! Thank you very much, it’s lovely! It’s great”she said to him, her eyes filled with stars. Flattered to have received this gift, Anne-Sophie Lapix kept it around her neck until the end of the television news.
Anne-Sophie Lapix rebukes Anne Hidalgo live on air
If the atmosphere was friendly on the set of the 8pm news on France, it was quite different the day before. Anne Hidalgo was Anne-Sophie Lapix’s guest to remind us how much this international event was beneficial to the French capital: “What we are learning here together is to rediscover the taste of being together. That is not nothing and I hope it will last. It is also up to us, collectively, to us politicians, to make this moment last.”she suggested, before being interrupted by Aurélien and Esteban’s mother. “Yes, but here we are being concrete”, she stressed, suggesting that the French expected more once the competition was over. “Are the conditions in place to reduce insecurity and improve cleanliness?”she asked her guest.
Anne Hidalgo wanted to be reassuring: “Insecurity in Paris had dropped significantly, and I would like to salute our municipal police officers and the mediation officers who were there before the Games and who will be there after the Games. On cleanliness, we had increased our security measures well before the Games with changes.”recalled Jean-Marc Germain’s wife. “So it’s not better than usual!” her interlocutor pointed out to her, a bit ironically. And the one who dove into the Seine corrected herself: “It’s better than usual because now it’s visible and everyone sees it.” Despite what his detractors say…
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