Despite the numerous accusations of rape and sexual assault that hang over Gérard Depardieu, the actor seems more than ever supported by his peers. We recall that the actor recently saw his image even more damaged following the broadcast of an issue of the show Additional Investigation in which he reveals a sordid side of his personality, multiplying sexual allusions and even going so far as to sexualize a 10-year-old girl.
Despite this lively controversy, the actor can count on the support of several key figures. Starting with the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, who questioned the editing of the flagship France 2 show. It was then the turn of his former partner Carole Bouquet to defend him with fervor on the set of the show. Daily broadcast on TMC. A few hours ago, journalist Elisabeth Lévy also spoke to support him by expressing her point of view.
“I’m going to make a confession to you, horrible […] I wasn’t shocked…”she declared before adding: “The little girl, in this case, does not hear it and does not understand it. We say this stupid sentence: ‘He sexualized a child,’ but finally, Freud said a long time ago that children were sexual beings and I think it’s starting to work well!”. Comments which obviously shocked Internet users.
Gérard Depardieu: the list of signatories of the petition revealed
This Tuesday, December 26, 2023, we discover in the columns of Le Figaro that the famous petition in support of the actor was indeed signed by 56 public figures. In this column published Monday evening, December 25, these celebrities denounce the “lynching” of the actor. Among them, Carla Bruni, Gérard Darmon, Nathalie Baye, Benoît Poelvoorde, Carole Bouquet, Charlotte Rampling, Nadine Trintignant, Jacques Weber, Pierre Richard, Roberto Alagna, Yvan Attal, Arielle Dombasle, Emmanuelle Seigner, Dominique Besnehard, Victoria Abril, Boualem Sansal, or even Jacques Dutronc.
“Gérard Depardieu is probably the greatest of actors. The last sacred monster of cinema. We can no longer remain silent in the face of the lynching that falls on him, in the face of the torrent of hatred that pours out on his person, without nuance, in the most complete amalgam and in defiance of a presumption of innocence from which he would have benefited, like everyone else, if he were not the giant of cinema that he is”write the signatories of the forum.
“When we attack Gérard Depardieu in this way, it is art that we attack. Through his genius as an actor, Gérard Depardieu contributes to the artistic influence of our country. […] Whatever happens, no one will ever be able to erase the indelible trace of his work which has forever marked our time. The rest, everything else, concerns justice; than justice. Exclusively. To deprive yourself of this immense actor would be a tragedy, a defeat. The death of art. Ours.”, they add.
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