Overview
- The clip shows the LFI deputy removing a watch just before a BFMTV interview at the National Assembly on October 16, the day censure motions were rejected.
- The video drew online accusations of hypocrisy, with some users falsely alleging he hid an expensive Rolex.
- Boyard says the watch is a €295 Tissot given for his 25th birthday and that he often takes off watches before interviews to avoid knocking them.
- Argentina’s president Javier Milei amplified the clip on X as “the hypocrisy of the left,” prompting Boyard to reply in Spanish and call him a “petit chien impérialiste.”
- Reporters traced early shares to right-leaning accounts including Fdesouche, and there are no reported formal political consequences tied to the episode.