RTL : Raquel Garrido replaces Jean-Michel Aphatie after his controversial departure from the radio

Jean-Michel Apathy had left the radio at the beginning of March, after controversial comments on "Oradour-sur-Glane in Algeria".

The former MP LFI will take the place of the journalist, who left the air in March after his remarks on the colonization of Algeria. A replacement which is not worth disavowing from the point of view of his predecessor, assures the columnist.

RTL's microphone was silent for Jean-Michel Aphatie, after a column dated February 25 that shocked many listeners. On the air, the journalist had said: "We did not behave like Nazis, the Nazis behaved like us in Algeria." A sentence comparing the massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane to abuses during the Algerian war, which immediately provoked an outcry. Suspended in the first place, then officially ruled out, Jean-Michel Aphatie himself announced that…

Former MP LFI will intervene until the end of the season to replace the journalist, who left the air in March after his remarks on Oradour-sur-Glane in Algeria.

After his polemic comments on Oradour-sur-Glane, the journalist had ended his collaboration with the Red Radio. It is the ex-insoumise who is now in charge of the chronicle, until the end of the season. His calendar is now loaded. Indeed, his weekly mood ticket combines with his play against Louis Sarkozy on Saturdays on LCI. Raquel Garrido will also be a candidate, starting on Thursday 3 April, in season 4 of the game "Les Traîtres", on M6. She…

Raquel Garrido succeeds Jean-Michel Aphatie in RTL Matin after a polemic on his remarks concerning the colonization of Algeria. Former MP LFI, Raquel Garrido, was confirmed as a weekly columnist on RTL Matin, according to Challenges, replacing Jean-Michel Aphatie, who left the station in March 2025. This decision comes after a major controversy triggered by the [...]