{"id":16234,"date":"2026-07-25T00:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16234"},"modified":"2026-07-25T00:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:36:49","slug":"louis-jublin-enfant-terrible-of-french-politics-does-his-own-damage-control-i-have-nothing-to-hide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16234","title":{"rendered":"Louis Jublin, Enfant Terrible of French Politics, Does His Own Damage Control: \u201cI Have Nothing to Hide\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Their collaboration lasted eight years, unfolding at a breakneck pace. No case daunted them. They might defend rogue French trader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/culture\/2010\/07\/peter-marx-excerpt-201007\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">J\u00e9r\u00f4me Kerviel<\/a>, place their services at the disposal of Caucasian despots eager to burnish their images, or present the findings of an obscure chamber of notaries. \u201cWhen we needed to fill the room,\u201d Jublin recalls, \u201cI\u2019d pick up the phone and sell my pitch.\u201d At the office, ideas flew and billable hours racked up. Then, in the evenings, Chapelotte and Jublin would meet up to party. You should have seen them in the mid-2010s in the VIP area of \u200b\u200bClub Sandwich\u2014the capital\u2019s hottest gay party\u2014mingling with masked older gentlemen, shirtless young Adonises, and a whole crowd of night owls ready to blur the lines until dawn. \u201cLooking back,\u201d he realizes, \u201cit was surreal to find myself there, dressed as a woman, right next to my boss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Was it thanks to Chapelotte that Jublin finally embraced his true self? Sometimes, he carries her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2021\/09\/in-the-details-hermes\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">pink Kelly bag<\/a> as they stroll along Avenue Montaigne. His androgynous look draws stares, and he plays it up. For the thirtieth birthday of his best friend, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric, Jublin shows up dressed as the perfect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/story\/princess-diana-swan-lake-suite\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Lady Di<\/a>\u2014complete with the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2022\/10\/the-crown-season-5-princess-diana-photo\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">revenge dress<\/a>\u201d and a pearl necklace. One final \u201cformality\u201d remained: telling his parents. The moment Jublin broke the news\u2014at least as he recounts it\u2014played out like a Freudian slip. One morning at dawn, returning home after a wild night out, he discovered his bank card had been stolen. Instinctively, he called his mother. Then he hung up immediately, realizing she would still be asleep at that hour. Too late; she called back. Once, twice. Finally, he answered. She struggled to grasp the situation: \u201cBut where did you lose your card?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cIn a gay bar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cBut what were you doing there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cBecause I\u2019m gay, Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">From the back of the room, he hears his father shouting: \u201cWhat is this all about? I\u2019m going to go get him.\u201d Jublin recounts the aftermath with quiet reserve: \u201cI went back to Thouars the following weekend, and it went well. My parents accepted it, and we never spoke of it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Gabriel Attal didn\u2019t hesitate long before agreeing to this interview. \u201cOf course,\u201d he replied via WhatsApp, the day before announcing his bid for the presidency. Now, he looks at me warily, his legs curled up on the sofa. \u201cYou\u2019re here to talk about Louis Jublin, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><em>Originally published by<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.fr\/article\/louis-jublin-le-feu-aux-poudres\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Vanity Fair <em>France<\/em><\/a><em>. Read the full article in issue 143 of the print edition, available on newsstands and <a href=\"https:\/\/abonnement.condenast.fr\/site\/condenast\/VANITY_FAIR\/fr\/kiosque\/titre.html#numero_unite_VAF\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">for single-issue purchase here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Their collaboration lasted eight years, unfolding at a breakneck pace. 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