Aurore Bergé denounces the actor’s “odious” comments and believes that they were not “defended” by the president

According to the Minister for Gender Equality, Emmanuel Macron “at no time” said “that the comments made by Gérard Depardieu deserved any support”.

The Minister for Gender Equality, Aurore Bergé, judged on Sunday January 14 “odious” the remarks of Gérard Depardieu broadcast in December in the program “Complément d’investigation”, while considering that Emmanuel Macron in no way expressed “support” to these misogynistic words from the actor.

The head of state is criticized by feminist associations for having given his support in December to the film star, indicted for rape and targeted by three complaints for sexual assault or rape, accusations which he refutes.

Emmanuel Macron had notably denounced a “manhunt” against Gérard Depardieu, a “great actor” Who “makes France proud”a few days after the broadcast of a shocking documentary on France 2 full of insulting remarks, of a sexual nature, from the actor.

“There is nothing to defend in the words” of Gérard Depardieu

Questioned on Sunday on LCI about this support from the head of state, Aurore Bergé claimed not to have “heard the President of the Republic, at no time, say that the remarks which had been made by Gérard Depardieu deserved any support and any defense”.

“The words he (Gérard Depardieu, Editor’s note) made in a broadcast are comments that are odious, unacceptable. Point. There is nothing to defend in his comments and no one has defended them, obviously no one in the government, nor the President of the Republic.”added the Minister for Gender Equality. “The question is above all how we act” on femicide and sexual assault, she underlined.

For Fabien Roussel, the president “wanted to create a diversion”

Questioned on the same subject on BFMTV, the national secretary of the communists Fabien Roussel for his part estimated that “the President of the Republic has committed a serious error” by showing his support for Gérard Depardieu. “He wanted to create a diversion the day after the vote on immigration”he said.

Demonstrations initiated by feminist associations took place in several cities in France, on the evening of Thursday January 11, against the support shown for Gérard Depardieu by Emmanuel Macron, also criticized after the announcement of the new government due to the absence of women in sovereign positions.