actor and director Jacques Weber says he “misread” the column in support of Gérard Depardieu

After Pierre Richard, Carole Bouquet, Nadine Trintignant and Charles Berling, it is the turn of another signatory of the platform in support of Gérard Depadieu to backtrack. In a blog post published Monday January 1 on Mediapart, the actor and director Jacques Weber speaks frankly about his regrets for having signed the column entitled “Don’t erase Gérard Depardieu”published in Le Figaro on December 25 and supported by around fifty artists. “No doubt too affected by amalgamations, hasty piles of judgments, I misread and signed this emphatic and indiscriminate petition initiated by dishonest and dangerous people and which seriously ignores the real debate”, writes Jacques Weber.

“I measure my blindness every day. I, out of a reflex of friendship, signed in haste, without inquiring, yes I signed, forgetting the victims and the fate of thousands of women in the world who suffer from a condition in fact admitted for too long”he continues, adding further: “My signature was another rape.” “If one was guilty of accepting behavior that is now unacceptable on film and theater sets, then yes I was guilty.”also recognizes Jacques Weber.