“How would she not represent France?” In an interview with BFMTV, Patrick Bruel defended Aya Nakamura, following the numerous attacks that the young woman has received since Emmanuel Macron approached her to sing on the stage of the Olympic Games. For a week, the political-media world has been torn apart around the Aya Nakamura case, and all the celebrities are speaking from their personal point of view. While Gérard Larcher said he was opposed to what the singer does “an ode to doggy style” in front of the whole worldand Gabriel Attal refused to comment on the controversy, Patrick Bruel wanted to take a position in favor of his colleague.
With BFMTV, which has just been sold by Patrick Drahi to the billionaire and shipowner Rodolphe Saadé, who already holds 10% of the capital of M6, the singer dubbed by Léa Haddad of star Academy said he was outraged by the attacks targeting Aya Nakamura, which according to him stem from the same political group: “What are we talking about? The problem with this kind of debate, This brings the debate into very bad territory that we would not like to hear. I wouldn’t like to imagine the reasons why there is this controversy“. The singer wanted to recall that Jessie Norman had represented France by singing the Marseillaise during the bicentenary of the French Revolution, in 1989. And at the time, no one was offended…
The prosecution opened an investigation
“In any case, I would be delighted to hear her sing Édith Piaf. Plus, she will get out of her comfort zone, it will be a little different from what she does, and I’m sure she will enjoy it a lot, and so will I.“ concluded Patrick Bruel. Unsurprisingly, the words of the singer of Break your voice quickly made Internet users react, torn between those who give credit to Patrick Bruel’s speech and defend Aya Nakamura, and those who, like Marion Maréchal, do not want her on the stage of the 2024 Olympics. As a reminder , the Paris prosecutor’s office has decided to take legal action following numerous racist attacks targeting Aya Nakamura for several days, and opened an investigation this Friday March 15, 2024 in order to identify the authors of the most dangerous and reprehensible comments.