2023-12-31 14:55:59
Gérard Depardieu is the target of two complaints of rape. AMMAR ABD RABBO / AFP
Faced with numerous negative reactions since the publication of the column, several actors have expressed their discomfort on the profile of the author of the text, without necessarily questioning its substance.
«Uncomfortable», «serious mistake», «nuance“… After the media excitement and negative reactions sparked by the column published in Le Figaro on December 25 calling not to “to erase» Gérard Depardieu – accused of rape and sexual assault -, some signatories distanced themselves from the instigator of this forum, whose assumed aim was to defend “the last sacred monster of cinema». «What right would we have to prevent Gérard Depardieu, what reprehensible thing has he done? He made jokes!», explained to Franceinfo Yannis Ezziadi, actor and columnist in the magazine Talker and close to Julie Depardieu.
A speech which did not reassure all the signatories. On his Instagram account, Charles Berling distanced himself from Yannis Ezziadi. The actor assured Saturday December 30 that he regretted “the lack of nuance and the shortcuts of this text», which he signed a few days earlier. The actor wanted to defend “the legitimacy of justice against the effects of horde and pack“, he confided, apologizing for having “injured many people» and assuring of his “commitment against violence against women».
Carole Bouquet “uncomfortable”
Nadine Trintignant, whose daughter Marie was killed by her companion the singer Bertrand Cantat, recognized a “serious mistake» In Point . «When I signed this column, I didn’t know who it was written by.“, she assures, recalling however that she is “against media lynchings of any kind».
Carole Bouquet also assured, on Instagram, that she did not support “the ideas and values associated with the journalist carrying this platform. Giving him visibility through Gérard makes me, as you can imagine, deeply uncomfortable.» After the broadcast of Further investigation dedicated to the accusations against Gérard Depardieuthe actress had estimated in the show Daily that the actor was “incapable of harming a woman» and denounced a “media court».
Josée Dayan remains “attached to the presumption of innocence”
As for Gérard Darmon, he recognized on BFMTV that there was “some nuances» to bring to his signature, ensuring that he “does notdidn’t know» Yannis Ezziadi, from whom he received an e-mail asking him if he wanted to put his name at the bottom of the platform. “I read a little obliquely because I find what I like there», defends the actor, recalling not knowing Gérard Depardieu but having “a holy horror […] hordes of dogs knocking a man to the ground» and having wanted to defend the presumption of innocence.
Director Josée Dayan said to herself “very uncomfortable» to be associated with Yannis Ezziadi who, she assures in a press release sent to AFP, “presented himself as an actor wanting to defend Gérard [Depardieu]simply giving his first name“. However, she specifies that she “do not withdraw [sa] signature for now because [elle] remains committed to the presumption of innocence”, adding that “the fact that Gérard is an immense actor does not exempt him from being judged, but does not imply that he is destroyed».
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