An awkwardness that had not gone unnoticed. On April 7, Fabien Lecoeuvre sparked controversy by deploring the lack of “handsome guys” and “sublime girls” in the landscape of French song. To illustrate his words, he attacked the singer Hoshi in particular. “I think that the role of the beautiful singer has been neglected today (…) You put a poster of Hoshi in your room, do you? But she is scary (…) I have nothing against this girl who is brilliant and who has talent. She’s great but she gives her songs to sublime girls“, launched the former communications advisor to Michel Polnareff.
Strong remarks which were soon to be strongly criticized. On October 14, Fabien Lecoeuvre returned to this controversy with Jordan De Luxe. The former columnist of “Touche pas à mon poste” reiterated his apologies to the interpreter of “Ta marinière”. “I didn’t say she was scary, I said her universe. It is frightening by the universe (…) I regretted it bitterly. You can say bullshit in life. It happens, it’s like that, we slip. The error is human“, he conceded.
Shocked by this spike which she did not expect at all, Hoshi had been able to count on the support of the slammer Grand Corps Malade. In his song “Des gens beaux”, he defended the young woman. Guest of Laurent Ruquier and Léa Salamé on Saturday November 6 in “We are live”, the slammer returned to the meaning of this title: “J‘made it into a song full of irony, called’ Beautiful people ‘, since it’s his phrase, he said’ you need beautiful people ‘, so we took that back to make one very dancing chorus“, he explained, taking care never to mention the name of the principal concerned. In the process, Laurent Ruquier split a tackle pressed against the author of works on the song French. “I’m happy, we managed not to mention his name to this picnic “, rejoiced the host. There is no doubt that Fabien Lecoeuvre must have had whistling ears in the evening …
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