Meanwhile in France, one of the most popular tv show stars, Cyril Hanoua, has incurred the wrath of his audience and sponsors.
In his show Touche Pas à Mon Poste, he tricked homosexuals into his studio, by placing a contact ad on the Vivastreet website, describing himself as 'very sportive and of large size'.
Instead of having a date, the homosexuals that responded walked unknowingly into a live tv show.
Hanouna proceeded to ask, with a intentionally 'gay' voice, "are you a mason, Matthieu? Do you have a nice big trowel?"
Matthieu answered "I'd like to have you in a nice big concrete mixer".
The audience in the studio couldn't stop laughing, but the media guard dog CSA has so far recieved 30 thousand complaints of shocked viewers.
Dozens of large advesrtising companies have withdrawn their advertisements from the show.
Hanoua thrives on provocation. This isn't the first time he has sparked controversy. Before, there was outrage when he didn't interfere when one of his studio guest kissed the breasts of another studio guest, model Soraya.
On another occasion he pressured his regular guests, tv-show host Mathieu Delormeau, into admitting to being homosexual.
Yet another time he had Mathieu believe that he had accidentally killed someone, filming his reaction with a hidden camera.
Usually these provocations spark a short outburst of controverse, after which the fans call those that complain small-minded justice warriors, and things settle down.
This time however, it doesn't look like it will pass so easily.
According to gay rights organisation Le Refuge, one gay man has been thrown out of his house, after his father discovered on live tv that his son is gay.
Five days after the show, Hanoua publicly apologized, saying the sketch should never have been made. But the damage seems already done.
Large investors like Orange, Bosch, Chanel, Disneyland Paris, Decathlon and Peugeot-CitroënOrange have withdrawn their association with the show.
Last tuesday and wednesday, the show was aired without any commercials. Damage to the broadcasting service: 150 thousand euros per day.
It looks like this is end of career for Hanoua.
Newspaper Le Monde wonders: "Has Hanoua made one joke too many?"
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