And it continues, again and again… After Nadine Trintignant, Yvan Attal, Carole Bouquet and Gérard Darmonit’s the actor’s turn Charles Berling to backtrack in a press release published by AFP this Saturday, December 30, 2023. The 64-year-old actor decided to backpedal, not on the grounds of having given his support to a personality accused of rape, but on the grounds of having signed a column initiated by an editorialist of the magazine Talker, focused on the far right. Like Carole Bouquet, the hero of First name alongside Patrick Bruel and Valérie Benguigui wish to dissociate themselves from the political ideas of the initiator of the forum: “I do not subscribe to this entire forum, I fight on a daily basis the far-right ideas held by its author, I regret the lack of nuance and the shortcuts of this text, and I hear the indignation that ‘he arouses’ he explained.
And to add: “I signed it because, as a citizen, artist and cultural leader, I defend the legitimacy of justice against the effects of hordes and packs and it is this collective hatred, made possible by the massive use of social networks, which I wanted to denounce. My position has obviously hurt many people, I am deeply saddened and I apologize. My commitment against violence against women is unwavering, and always will be..” Charles Berling is the fifth personality in a few days to withdraw from the petition which he had signed of his own free will. Two other personalities who signed it are also much talked about: Pierre Richard, who was stripped of his position as sponsor of the association The butterfliesAnd Victoria Abril, who filed a complaint against Lucie Lucas for defamation following accusations of sexual assault made by the latter against him, and which allegedly occurred on the set of the series Clemwhich they shared the bill between 2010 and 2018.
Angèle, Clara Morgane and Louane counterattack
This Saturday, December 30, a counter-tribune denouncing “the law of silence” and calling for an end to silence was signed by more than 600 celebrities. It is the initiative of the Brains of the Left collective, and was published by Mediapart. There are many well-known personalities there, such as singers LouaneApple, Imany, Adé and Angelathe singer Gauvain Sers, the comedians Christine Berrou and Waly Diathe rapper Médine, the editorialist Rokhaya Diallo, the actor Bruno Sanches, the actresses Clara Morgane And Sophie de la Rochefoucauldand many others…