She will leave Marseille on May 8, 2024 and arrive in Paris on July 26 during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. To “carry” the flame to the capital, 10,000 torchbearers have been chosen to “take care” of the torch and ensure that it arrives safely. It will be lit on April 16, 2024 in Olympia, Greece, then transported by boat to France. It will cross more than 400 cities and around sixty territories, including five overseas.
This Friday, June 23, Thomas Pesquet, Marine Lorphelin, and Jamel Debbouze, three of the torchbearers, accompanied the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, on the occasion of the ceremony dedicated to the journey of the Olympic flame. She did not fail to thank them for their commitment and their love of France, but this statement almost led to a huge blunder on her part, as the Twitter account pointed out. Destination Cinema.
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Anne Hidalgo struggles to find her words when evoking Jamel Debbouze
“I am mayor of Paris and I have dual nationality, because I was not born in Paris”she declared in front of the public of the large amphitheater of the Sorbonne before losing her words slightly: “and uh Jamel, who is one of the best ambassadors in Paris, isn’t uh either… he may have been born in Paris, I don’t know, but in any case here it is…”.
“In the Xth arrondissement”we corrected her before she spoke again and still seemed so lost: “10th arrondissement… but it has other origins”. In the comments of the publication, many Internet users were “amused” with the situation, while others lamented the fact that Anne Hidalgo does not want to say what she really thought according to them. “Ahahaha…they no longer dare to say ‘he is Arab’ Sublime”for example quipped a twittos.
The comedian shouts his love for France… always with humor
The companion of Mélissa Theuriau, he wished to thank France for this opportunity, and did not fail to unleash the atmosphere of the amphitheater, with his humor of which he has the secret.
“I wanted to say thank you to the organizers without whom I would never have been able to return to the Sorbonne (the place of the ceremony, editor’s note)”he quipped before complimenting France “the most beautiful country in the world” to his eyes. “The gentleman next to me said ‘talk about the Paralympic Games, you too are disabled’. I don’t know how to take it but I did it”he concluded, always with his legendary humor.
“I am mayor of Paris and I have dual nationality, I was not born in Paris and uh Jamel is not uh either… he may have been born in Paris, I don’t know about that. elsewhere, but in any case here it is… 10th arrondissement… but it has other origins” pic.twitter.com/nKmHyejsLz
— Destination Cinema (@destinationcine) June 23, 2023
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