“Thank you for all the love, despite the controversies”, tackles Aya Nakamura during the Flames ceremony

This April 26 in “That Says What”, Aya Nakamura’s Olympic allusion during the Flames ceremony, the annulment of a conviction of the Hollywood producer whose behavior had triggered the #MeToo movement and these Muslims who are leaving the France.

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This Friday, April 26, “That Says What” looks back at the Flames ceremony which honored Aya Nakamura on Thursday evening with three trophies, including that of female artist of the year. Target of criticism from the right and the far right when she is expected to sing during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she seemed to cleverly refer to it when receiving one of her awards .

“This trophy is for all the kids and all the girls who look at me!”

Aya Nakamura

at the 2024 Flames ceremony

“Thank you for all the love, all the messages and all the support despite the controversies and criticism,” Aya Nakamura said on stage. The most listened to French singer in the world also said she was “very honored” to receive the trophy for female artist of the year. “Because being a female artist, black and also coming from the suburbs, it’s very, very difficult.”

In this episode of “What Says”, we also return to the annulment of one of Harvey Weinstein’s convictions for rape and sexual assault. The former Hollywood star producer sparked the #MeToo movement in 2017.

And then, French Muslims prefer to leave France in the face of what they feel is an increasing anti-Muslim discourse in the country. Testimonies at the microphone of franceinfo, while the book-investigation into this phenomenon of flight of Muslim graduates “France you love it or you leave it” comes out this Friday.

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