Gérard Depardieu “makes France proud”, responded Emmanuel Macron to accusations of rape and sexual assault targeting the French actor. A little sentence which does not fail to provoke a reaction even from the former President of the Republic. François Hollande responded on France Inter on Thursday to his former Minister of the Economy: “No, we are not proud of Gérard Depardieu”.
“He spoke about Gérard Depardieu, his talent, and the presumption of innocence. I am going to tell you about the 14 women attacked, the humiliated women, the women upset by the images they saw, all these women who see through Gérard Depardieu what violence, domination, contempt can be. , added François Hollande.
“Talking about women” rather than the actor’s talent
In total, 14 women testified, most in an investigation of Mediapart in April, of sexual violence on the part of the actor. The vast majority did not file a complaint. For François Hollande, what was “expected” from Emmanuel Macron was “to talk about women, and not simply to say that he was a great actor”. “When, looking at a young girl riding a horse and barely 12 years old, he sexualizes her. No, we are not proud.”
If he recognizes “the excesses” of social networks, François Hollande emphasizes that, “at some point, we must also speak clearly, and say what action for women implies”. “He made this cause [la cause des femmes], the big affair of his five-year term and this is how he deals with the question of Gérard Depardieu? », he was still surprised.