With his legendary frankness, Michel Sardou gave a new interview to Paris Match this Thursday, October 5, 2023, in which he attacks Paris again. The singer, who had already revealed to Laurent Ruquier a few days ago all the bad things he thought about the capital since it was in the hands of Anne Hidalgo, this time announced that he had taken the firm and definitive decision to flee Parisand to move: “I’m going to leave Paris (…) I can no longer take my car (…) There are closed streets, unique directions that change every week and holes everywhere. The platforms are packed, while next door, bikes, scooters and joggers enjoy it all“ had condemned the 76-year-old singer.
In C to you this Friday October 6, Bertrand Chameroy returned to the attacks of Michel Sardou in his ABCand did not hesitate to go against the elected officials of Paris, to question them on “the exodus” of the singer. Jeanne d’Hauteserre, mayor of the 8th arrondissement did not yet appear, while councilor Raphaëlle Rémy-Leleu played down: “It doesn’t matter, we’ll get over it”. Jérôme Coumet, mayor of the 13th arrondissement, was even firmer: “I find that he could keep these statements to himself”. Rachida Dati, mayor of the 7th arrondissement, supported it: “He is not the only one to have announced that he wants to leave Paris”.
Stéphane Bern also fled the capital
Michel Sardou is not the first French personality to announce that he is leaving Paris. In November 2021, the TV host Stéphane Bern also took the radical decision to flee the capital to the small village of Thiron-Gardais in Eure-et-Loir, where he owns the former royal and military college of the commune. In an interview given to Parisian at the time, the specialist in British royalty said he was “relieved to leave” Paris, denouncing what the “most beautiful city in the world” was becoming, under the aegis of Anne Hidalgo: “The dirt, the holes in the road, the permanent construction sites, the noise, and above all, the violence… You have to hear how people talk to each other. Traffic is an incredible source of tension”. Criticisms corroborating those of Michel Sardou, and which the mayor of Paris seems not to hear…
Special page: Michel Sardou is fed up and wants to leave Paris… The ABC of @bchameroy in full: https://t.co/MtBz9PyKZX#CàVouspic.twitter.com/igNdIvfe90
— C to you (@cavousf5) October 5, 2023