Hugues Aufray takes his turn. The singer and dean of the French music scene, who will celebrate his 95th birthday next summer, is the guest this Saturday March 16, 2024 of Aurélie Casse in C the weekly. Asked about the Aya Nakamura affair, which has shaken the French-speaking music scene but also the political sphere for ten days, the nonagenarian was categorical, and gave an opinion completely opposite to that of his friend Nicoletta. The interpreter of Santiano insisted on firmly defending the Franco-Guinean singer, recalling that the latter was the victim of a terrible injusticethe target of criticism from a category of people who, according to him, only have eyes for his skin color.
“Obviously, I see racism behind that” castigated Hugues Aufray, before continuing: “My role here, and in life, is to defend injustice. I am for, not equality, but for justice. Equality is not justice, and justice is not equality. And it’s unfair to attack someone for their color, the shape of their body, etc. So I, I defend Aya Nakamura because she is a woman who, in my opinion, is rejected by a category of people who see in her what I do not see“. An opinion reminiscent of that given by Patrick Bruel a few hours earlier at the microphone of BFMTV, and who pointed the finger at the people who attack the singer, and who belong, according to him, to the same political ideology.
Hugues Aufray surprises with his astonishing Olympic form. The 94-year-old singer married his second wife Murielle Mégevand, 45 years his junior. Although in a relationship with the latter for more than twenty years, he remained married to his first wife Hélène Faure
until his death in October 2022, even though they had already been separated for many decades. Many personalities to whom he is close in the city had traveled to Marly-le-Roi for the occasion, such as the presenter Jean-Luc Reichmann, the singers Dave and Renaud, who was precisely accompanied by his new fiancée Cerisewhom he is preparing to marry for a third time at the age of 72.