This Monday, May 15, 2023, two days after Sweden’s victory at Eurovision, Philippe Caverivière attacked the representative of France on the airwaves of RTL. The reason ? The incomprehensible gesture of La Zarra during the results. “Obviously our Mariah Carey Leader Price, our Beyoncé Marque Repère took a beating. That said, La Zarra’s strategy isn’t silly, she finishes 16th and she does a big fuck like that to cameras all over the world… to say that next year, if we arrive just 15th and our candidate does not tell the jury to fuck off, it will almost be a small victory. You see when we set the bar lower, we go over it “he launched under the amused gaze of his colleagues.
Friday, May 12, Philippe Caverivière had also promised to “cut the right testicle in the event of first place for the French candidate”. A promise to which the main concerned had responded, according to Yves Calvi: “To cut them, you should already have some”. And the columnist continues: “I watched the competition with secateurs and a lot of stress, you can imagine my relief seeing the results, I cried with joy, the survivor too. It cost me a slip, but it’s not much thing compared to what I could have lost”.
“La Zarra for his defense about the tense middle finger to declare, it’s generational, it’s cultural, it’s between friends. Between friends, you can put on oides and you have to know that in Quebec when you’re disappointed, we give each other the middle fingers, when we say hello, we give each other a little cat-bite and when we say goodbye, it’s fashionable to put a little olive on yourself. Quebec”.
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La Zarra apologizes
As a reminder, La Zarra spoke on social networks after the competition to explain his gesture. “I also wanted to let you know that the gesture I made in the Green Room and that everyone is taking up on social media is absolutely not contempt or an insult. In no way a middle finger. It’s is a gesture from me of disappointment which means ‘whatever’ that could not be translated ‘thus be it’. Neither more nor less. No desire to shock or provoke, I apologize if this has been misinterpreted” . Explanations which unfortunately did not convince Internet users.
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#Eurovision2023 and 16th place in La Zarra: Philippe Caverivière relieved! #RTLMatinpic.twitter.com/xacgVsBV9o
—RTL France (@RTLFrance) May 15, 2023