Antoine Dupont and Jean Dujardin attack Valeurs Actuelles

On social networks, Antoine Dupont, the captain of the XV of France, cropped the magazine Valeurs Actuelles which used his photo to make its cover. “France rugby» headlines the magazine, evoking the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup, appreciated by the weekly. In the subtitle: “Well-behaved supporters, patriotic players, exemplary values» with photos of Jean Dujardin and Antoine Dupont. Which is not to the taste of the French scrum half, who reposted a message posted on social networks by Jean Dujardin.

“France rugby yes, your values ​​no. No recovery. THANKS» tackled the actor while hiding the name of the magazine. A story shared by Antoine Dupont.

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A situation which annoyed the Stade Toulousain player. The Team tells us that this is not the first time that this weekly has used the image of the rugby player without his knowledge. In November 2021, Antoine Dupont found himself in a banner on the magazine, accompanying Éric Zemmour who made the front page. Twice, those around him were very embarrassed.

The magazine wanted to do a portrait of the best player in the world 2021 a few months ago. Request declined by the entourage of the captain of the Blues. “It really displeases me that we can associate Antoine Dupont with Current Values ​​and the ideas that this title puts forward, explains Pierre Rabadan in the sports daily, a former French rugby player and now deputy for sport at Paris town hall. The guys surf on the profile of Antoine, a guy called Dupont, who comes from the countryside.”

The rancor-free response of Current values

Without hard feelings, the editorial director of Current Values ​​responded Saturday morning on the social network X (formerly Twitter). “We loved you before, we will love you after», writes Tugdual Denis in a long letter. “We love you because you exude, each in your own way, a part of the genius of our country. (…) We have put you on the front page of our newspaper because we are looking for models, and to avoid, as much as necessary, complaints. Because we want to believe in the sentence of Sylvain Tesson (sorry for loving you so dear Sylvain) who sees France as a paradise populated by people who believe they are in hell. L‘Hell exists, but we imagine paradise populated by people like you.

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