Marie Portolano will have to return her accreditation. According to our information, the former journalist from the Canal+ sports department has just informed the management of France Télévisions that, contrary to what was planned, she would ultimately not be able to cover the Paris Olympic Games. And this for an excellent reason: at the end of the season, the former host of “Meilleur Pâtissier” on M6, now every morning on France 2, will begin maternity leave. Already the mother of two boys aged 9 years and 18 months, the wife of Palmashow actor Grégoire Ludig is pregnant with her third child.
This summer, Marie Portolano, 38, had to interrupt her vacation to return to the Deux to present “Télématin”, with her partner Thomas Sotto, during the Paris 2024 fortnight. “All our main presenters will be back for the Olympic Games, then the Paralympics. I didn’t need to insist: they are very motivated by the idea of covering this historic event for our country. Every day, Télématin, the 1 p.m. and the 8 p.m. will be presented from a relocated studio on the roof of the Musée de l’Homme, at the Trocadéro,” Alexandre Kara, head of news at France Télévisions, announced to the Parisian in early March. .
After the shocking documentary, a book on sexism
It was without counting on this happy event to come. This month of March, Marie Portolano is making the headlines in literary news. She is releasing, this Wednesday, March 13, “I am the woman on the set” (Ed. Stock), a book in which she discusses the sexist and sexual violence she suffered during her career. A strong story, three years following his documentary “I’m not a slut, I’m a journalist”.
“I’d like men to read it, actually. And when they finish it, they say to themselves: It’s okay, I understood what women can sometimes feel. My husband read it a few days ago and told me: Any guy who isn’t too stupid understands what you mean. I was extremely touched, even if he also said it because he loves me,” she told us in an interview published Friday March 7.