His “joke” had ignited social networks Thursday and provoked the reaction of several political figures, especially far right. “If I had a time machine, I would have fun booking the Bataclan room for the evening of November 13 and I would organize an evening of meeting between Eric Zemmour and his audience”, wrote the actor and comedian Gaëtan Matis in an Instagram story that he has since deleted and that he himself described as “bad taste”.
He was still to play at Point Virgule in Paris on Sunday and Monday, but the theater preferred to cancel the two performances of his show.
– Le Point Virgule (@AuPointVirgule) October 9, 2021
“Out of the question to expose our teams to these outbursts of hatred”
“Faced with the threats, insults, verbal violence that the Point Virgule teams have suffered all day, we cancel the Gaëtan Matis show on Sunday and Monday”, we can read on the Parisian theater’s Twitter account, which recalls “to condemn without ambiguity the standpoint ”of the comedian.
“Our job is fun, exchange, laughter, joy,” adds Point Virgule. It is out of the question to expose our teams to these outbursts of hatred ”.