Michel Sardou does not have his tongue in his pocket, but he would perhaps have done better to turn it seven times in his mouth before speaking… This Saturday March 16, 2024, while he was giving one of his last concerts at La Défense Arena in Paris, the septuagenarian wanted be funny and caustic, mocking Sandrine Rousseau and then feminists. But the ideas of another time of the artist, who wanted to tackle those who take offense over nothing, did not please, and offended many people came to listen to him sing, and not campaign. As revealed by our colleagues at Parisianwho witnessed the discomfort, people present on the scene left them suddenly.
“I took advantage of it but for the young people of now, it’s not going to be easy. A young man who places his hand without consent on a woman’s hand is in direct custody. If he has the audacity to want to put his hand elsewhere, it’s Fleury-Mérogis“ scolded the singer, before starting his cult song I will love youtaken up by Louane in The Aries family. Controversial remarks, which made two sisters jump, who did not hesitate to leave the room, furious: “We get up and get out of there.” Their friend and neighbor, who preferred to stay, later confided: “They were shocked by his comments. They are our neighbor’s daughters. Obviously, they do not have the same opinion as their father on the singer’s freedom of tone”.
“Maybe it’s not bad after all that he’s retiring.”
Michel Sardou’s comments did not only offend these two women. According to The Parisiana heavy silence reigned in the room when the singer tackled the feminists: “Some spectators smile at these disturbing, frankly borderline remarks. Others look at each other, embarrassed”. At the end of the evening, if many fans left with smiles on their faces, others were more mixed, shocked like the two sisters by the remarks from another time made by Michel Sardou. This is the case of Clothilde, who said she was deeply shocked by the singer’s opinion on consent: “I was shocked by his comments on consent. In 2024, we can no longer talk like that. Maybe it’s not bad after all that he retires“. That’s what it says!