He is not one of the signatories of the column published by the JDD And validated by 56 celebrities, including 24 women, but he is still one of those who decided to defend him. Guest of BFMTV this Thursday, September 28, 2023, actor Patrick Chesnais saw fit to minimize and justify the allusive remarks made by Gérard Depardieu in Pyongyang, during which he sexualized a ten-year-old girl who rides a horse. These images, shot by Yann Moix and thrown to the ground, finally were made public by Tristan Waleckx inFurther investigation a few weeks ago, and created a storm of controversy which around fifty celebrities intend to put an end to, by dissociating, once again, the artist from the man.
The comments made by Patrick Chesnais on BFMTV are surprising… The actor, who gave the answer to numerous personalities who signed this column, such as Nathalie Baye in The price to payJacques Weber in welcome among us or even Pierre Richard in The Castaways of Turtle Island And Sofa Promotionconsidered that the sexualization of a ten-year-old girl in North Korea “wasn’t that bad”… on the grounds that the young girl was “a hundred meters” from him, and therefore did not witness the comments aimed at her: “It’s not something serious. It’s not that serious. We wanted to make it serious because this little girl, this young woman, was a hundred meters away and he continues his spiel, he goes there thoroughly. We may not agree, we may be shocked (…) But that doesn’t fall into justice, nor into law, nor into morality either.. It’s not a question of morality. It’s a question of behaving well, but Gérard Depardieu doesn’t necessarily behave well.”.
Carole Bouquet, Nathalie Baye, Victoria Abril, Gérard Darmon, Afida Turner…
As a reminder, the 56 signatories of the platform are Benoît Poelvoorde, Nathalie Baye, Carole Bouquet, Jacques DutroncCharlotte Rampling, Nadine Trintignant, Yvan Attal, Jacques Weber, Bertrand Blier, Emmanuelle Seigner, Roberto Alagna, Michel Fau, Victoria Abril, Dominique Besnehard, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Pierre Richard, Clémentine Célarié, Gérard Darmon, Rudy Ricciotti, Christophe Barratier , Arielle Dombasle, Francis Veber, Patrice Leconte, Brigitte Fossey, Boualem Sansal, Charles Berling, Yannis Ezziadi, Philippe Caubère, Vincent Perez, Myriam Boyer, Antoine Duléry, Afida Turner, Paulo Branco, Jean-Marie Rouart, Josée Dayan, Joël Séria, Bernard Murat, Serge Toubiana, Catherine Millet, Jacques Henric , Stéphanie Murat, Marie-France Brière, Daniel Humair, Judith Magre, David Belugou, Marie Beltrami, Tanya Lopert, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Chiara Muti, Jean-Marie Besset, Stéphan Druet, Christine Boisson, Karine Silla-Perez, Myriam Boisaubert , Lilian Euzéby and Marion Lahmer. Note that according to The chained Duck, Catherine Deneuve and Alain Chabat also co-signed this column, but withdrew at the last minute.