On April 3, “After Foot” attempted to decipher a parliamentary report on communitarian and Islamist drifts in football. Invited on this occasion, the macronist deputy Caroline Yadan ignited the debate.
A lively controversy settled during and after the show. On X, the hashtag #boycottafterfoot is skyrocketing. For its part, the newspaper Humanity Judged that the elected official, at the origin of the report in the company of Julien Odoul (national rally), had held “A falsely secular and truly Islamophobic platform on RMC waves”.
Sunday evening, just after the victory of Olympique de Marseille against Toulouse, Gilbert Brisbois started the show by apologies. “If we shocked a whole community, it is because we have missed this evening. I'm sincerely sorry. The after celebrated its 19th birthday. For all this time, we have proven that we were open to all, to all communities and to all religions ”, explained the sports journalist in his preamble.
“The After Foot”, who of Walid Achechour?
Following this controversy, the commentator Walid Achechour decided to distance himself from the program “who says aloud what everyone thinks low”. “Walid, we love you, you will always be welcome among us. The after is your house ”, He launched the program host, as a message of affection.
Consultant on Dazn since the start of the season, Achechour had joined the “After Foot” team during the year 2020. It was Daniel Riolo, present on set during the controversial program last Thursday, who had favored his recruitment.
