It’s a photo that has been going around the Internet for several days, and even more so around the world. Since Gabriel Attal was made official as the new Prime Minister replacing Élisabeth Borne, the youngest resident of Matignon is presented in a very sexy photo, in which a man who looks exactly like him appears. shirtless at the pool, with sunglasses and ultra-tight swimsuit. Indeed, one might believe that the man presented in this photo is Gabriel Attal, as the physical resemblance is quite striking. But as our colleagues from 20 minutesthe reality is quite different.
Indeed, the man presented in this photo as Gabriel Attal is in reality an American actor named Danny Plotner. Followed by tens of thousands of subscribers on Instagram, he posted this photo a few weeks ago, and today finds himself, despite himself, at the heart of a buzz that he really didn’t see coming. In his photo, many French Internet users came to mock him, with much derision: “Congrats on becoming prime minster of France hun x” a congratulated one user, while another screamed “Gabriel Attal”. The dozens of comments that follow are very funny: “The Prime Minister lost his temper”, “Hi Gabriel Attal!”, “Gabriel Attal after his ball bath” (reference to the error made by BFMTV on one of its liners).
Zoé Sagan at the heart of this lie
The person responded to all this buzz in an Instagram story, and himself seemed amused to find this ultra sexy photo on all French-speaking social networks; reacting to an article published by the media Queertythe US actor replied: “Hahahaha, thank you for the funny and kind article”. The new Prime Minister, he target of numerous homophobic attacks since his arrival at Matignon, has not wanted to respond to this controversy orchestrated from scratch by his political opponents, and accentuated by Zoé Sagan, aka the advertising executive Aurélien Poirson-Atlanwho shared this photo on his account, from which he regularly attacks Brigitte Macron, Cyril Hanouna, Gabriel Attal and Marlène Schiappa.