“I don’t want to believe that he had this intention,” says François Hollande

The former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs was criticized after an interview with “TF1”. He commented on the ousting of two American actresses for their comments on the war in the Middle East.

“I have known him for a long time and I don’t want to believe that he had this intention”reacts Monday November 27 on franceinfo the former President of the Republic, François Hollande, while Dominique de Villepin is accused of anti-Semitism.

Last Thursday, the former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs was invited to comment on the ousting of American actress Susan Sarandon from his agency United Talent Agency and on that of actress Melissa Barrera, removed from the casting of the film Scream VII . The first for comments made during a demonstration in support of Palestine: “There are a lot of people who are afraid, who are afraid to be Jewish right now, and who have a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country”, said Susan Sarandon. Melissa Barrera wrote on the social network Instagram: “Gaza is like a concentration camp”while denouncing “genocide and ethnic cleansing”.

“We see implicitly how heavy the financial domination over the media and over the world of art and music weighs. They cannot say what they think because the contracts stop immediately. financial rule which is imposed in the United States in cultural life, it weighs heavily. Unfortunately, we also see it in France”reacted Dominique de Villepin on TF1 THURSDAY.

Eric Ciotti denounced Dominique de Villepin’s “conspiracy theories”

The president of the Republicans, Eric Ciotti denounced BFM TV “conspiracy theories that remind us of dark times”. MP LR Meyer Habib writes on the social network “The pathological hatred of Israel is slipping away at Villepin and unfortunately borders on anti-Semitism today” and adds that he “hatred of Israel oozes from every pore of his skin”.

On franceinfo, Monday November 27, François Hollande believes that the former Prime Minister did not have “the intention” to be anti-Semitic. Dominique de Villepin “simply mentioned what could happen in the United States”, according to the former head of state. However, François Hollande calls for “be careful with this idea that there would be a kind of oligarchy that would be infiltrated, structured with the Jews. Faced with this threat, this reality, of anti-Semitism, we must be very careful.”

More generally, François Hollande considers “there are always risks” when artists take a stand for a cause, “whatever the position”.