The new year is already starting with a controversy and it is signed by Maître Gims. The singer offered himself a bad buzz on social networks after the dissemination of criticized videos in which he did not hide his very strong annoyance towards his subscribers wishing him a happy new year. He particularly attacked Muslims who addressed him greetings. He has since been clashed by Lââm or by his colleague Booba. But he would be ready to admit having lost his temper for nothing according to a right-wing politician …
Indeed, invited on the set of C to you on Tuesday January 4, 2022, Valérie Pécresse did not escape a question on the controversy of the moment. It must be said that the president of the Ile-de-France region and candidate for the right-wing camp in the next presidential election had received the support of Gims during the last regional ones. At the time, she had been laughed at because she had not been able to recognize him when we had spoken to her about him … The chosen one answered cash: “He told me he was sorry, that he didn’t want to hurt anyone and that he was going to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I think he didn’t mean to hurt, but for me, it is a speech that we must fight, a separatist speech, and I cannot help but condemn it and say it to his face.”
As a reminder, Gims had made an improbable and unexpected speech by declaring: “Muslims stop it! They are the ones who send most of the ‘Happy New Years’. Brothers, we don’t celebrate that (…) It is not part of our convictions (…) Come, we focus on our own things. Let’s stay strong on our values, our own things.“On the Web, he was quickly criticized, mocked and put in his place, including by Muslims questioning what he was saying. On his social networks, Instagram and Twitter in mind, thousands of people also took a some pleasure in going and posting Happy New Year messages in the comments.