Jean Dujardin and Antoine Dupont criticize the “recovery” of the magazine Valeurs Actuelles

“France rugby yes, your values ​​no. No recovery. Thank you”. In a story on Instagram, Jean Dujardin, main actor in the opening ceremony of the 2023 World Cup, denounced, Friday September 15, the cover of the magazine Current Values. The captain of the XV of France, Antoine Dupont, republished the actor’s story. The far-right weekly published these two stars on its front page, headlined on “France rugby”with this comment: “Well-behaved supporters, patriotic players, exemplary values: the recipes of a rooted sport that has become a model for society”.

The boss of the far-right weekly Current values, Tugdual Denis, replied to them the next day on X (ex-Twitter). “We put you on the front page of our newspaper because we are looking for models, and to avoid, as much as necessary, complainthe writes.You mention the word recovery. Because we are (and will remain) genetically a conservative right-wing newspaper? Believe us, we would never think of the word recovery if we saw your faces on the front page of Libération, l’Humanité or l’Obs. Because everyone has the right to love you, because each newspaper is free in its publications.”