Warmly welcomed with his achievement rumba life and back with his band of friends for Eric Lavaine’s camera in Griddle, Franck Dubosc has established himself as one of the figures of French comedy. At 59 – which he celebrates on November 7, 2022 – the man with silver hair and piercing blue eyes has unfailing popularity. Or almost. In 2018, the actor and director, father of two boys with Daniela, was caught in a whirlwind that seriously damaged his image.
When the yellow vests movement was born, Franck Dubosc wanted to show his support for this popular discontent linked to the increase in the price of fuel, a consequence of the increase in the domestic consumption tax on energy products (TICPE). Then, wanting to stand out from attitudes that he considered too violent and hateful, he declared in front of fans he met during a tour: “Yellow vests are a thing of the past, sir. They’re too hateful, too surly, to kick out.”
Words that quickly set fire to the powder and for which the king of laughter had wanted to explain himself on the set of Do not touch My TV. “I made a huge mistake, the mistake of a scared man“, he justified himself before putting this unexpected about-face into context.I’m leaving the show, I’m tired, and there’s this gentleman who comes at a time when you shouldn’t come, and I’m cracking up, because I’m a human beinghe explained. I’m not used to that, I’m just a clown, people tell me ‘I like you’, ‘you make me laugh’ or ‘you don’t make me laugh’. I said to myself ‘but what did I do, why did I do this’.“
A my culpa for Franck Dubosc who recalled his attachment to the movement: “I know where I’m from, who I am, even though I’m very privileged“, he recalled, returning to his modest origins and the fact that among the Yellow Vests are some of his relatives.As a spokesperson, I don’t have the shoulders, I will do you a disservice. But in support, willingly. I can maybe bring you a little bit, with my little actor arms, my little clown arms“, he added.
Jacket reversal?
Excuses and justifications which had not convinced all the viewers of TPMP and yellow vests on social networks. “Franck Dubosc will not have convinced me tonight. He’s doing too much, he’s being an actor, we can’t say three days ago yellow vests, it’s in the past to clear, and two days later come on television and wear a yellow vest saying I support with all my heart“, retorted one of them. “His jacket reversal [m’a] too disappointed“, Dubosc is “a fake ass first” whose “we can clearly see that he is playing a role and that he is trying to move people“, we also read.