The former Minister of Solidarity considers himself “insulted” by humorous pellets from a morning radio. “How can you compare my hands to stumps? It’s hurtful and infamous for all people with disabilities,” says the MP to BFMTV.com.
Chronicles that did not make Damien Abad smile. Mocked this Thursday and this Friday on RTL in two humorous pastilles by Philippe Caverivière, the former Minister of Solidarity denounced attacks on his disability of “rare indignity” and “totally unacceptable”.
“Disabled comments anonymously on the networks, I’m used to it. But being insulted in a radio morning is a first”, explains the related deputy Renaissance to BFMTV.com.
“The amazing film ‘the stump, the skirt and the plaintiff’
The radio comedian who writes a column every day in the morning scolded the former LR now supporting Emmanuel Macron, suffering from arthrogryposis, a rare congenital neuromuscular disease. This pathology results in deformities and joint stiffness, limiting the range of motion.
Thursday morning, the comedian who has worked since 2019 on the radio antenna had imagined a fake Caesars ceremony, citing among the male revelations “Damien Abad in the amazing film ‘the stump, the skirt and the plaintiff’“. The column alluded to the 4 charges of rape and attempted rape with drug use against him.
Elisabeth Borne had demanded his resignation from the government in early July, four days after the opening of a judicial investigation against him. The forties who had denounced “ignoble calumnies” on his departure from the Ministry of Solidarity, denies all the charges.
“It’s hurtful and infamous”
On Friday, Philippe Caverivière again mentioned the parliamentarian and his approach to “penguin” “with his pants on the ankles”, under the laughter of the guest of the day, the lawyer Clarisse Serre and the presenters.
“These words are humiliating, degrading. How can you compare my hands to stumps? It’s hurtful and infamous for all people with disabilities,” says the elected official, who demands a public apology.
Without asking for a gesture from Philippe Caverivière, the new president of the France-Lebanon friendship group at the Palais-Bourbon explains that he “would greatly appreciate it if someone from the editorial staff gave him a call”.
The radio pleads “humor in the second degree”
“If Damien Abad felt particularly touched by Philippe Caverivière’s column, we are sincerely sorry,” defended the radio.
“Philippe Caverivière is a humorist whose humor must be taken in the second degree”, also advanced the antenna, underlining “his commitments against the disease”, in particular as sponsor of the Léo association, helping children. seriously ill.
“As for RTL, its values of ‘Living together’ and its commitments to major causes, such as the Yellow Pieces next week, are no longer to be demonstrated”, still judges the media.
