On the following day, after Mediapart announced that it had a taped audio recording of the November 2010 meeting, Blanc released a statement on the FFF's website in which he apologized for possible offending comments he made during the meeting, while also declaring he was misquoted and denying he was racist, stating, "I do not withdraw the remarks I made yesterday.
Sljedećeg dana nakon što je Internet stranica Mediapart objavila da ima audio snimku sastanka koji je održan u studenom 2010. godine, Blanc je napisao izjavu na službenoj stranici Saveza u kojoj se ispričava za uvredljive komentare koje je dao tijekom sastanka te također istaknuo da nije bio ispravno citiran i negirao je da je rasist: "Ne povlačim ono što sam rekao jučer.