Overview
- BFMTV footage from October 16 shows Louis Boyard removing a watch seconds before a live interview in which he criticized the ultra‑rich and the government’s budget.
- The clip spread widely on social media, where opponents such as Jean Messiha accused him of hypocrisy and some users, without verification, claimed he hid a luxury watch.
- Argentina’s president Javier Milei shared the video with a montage of Boyard wearing different watches and labeled it proof of left‑wing hypocrisy.
- Boyard responded on X on October 21, saying the watch is a Tissot priced at about €295, describing it as a 25th‑birthday gift and explaining he removes watches to avoid banging them during interviews.
- Le Parisien reports that accounts linked to the far right were among the first to circulate the video, which Boyard calls a disinformation campaign, and the incident occurred during a session where two censure motions were rejected.