Does Francky Vincent deserve his nomination as Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres? This is a hot topic that has been reacting widely on the web for some time now. And for good reason, when he was invited to the set of Don’t touch My TV, Gilles Verdez recalled the disturbing statements of the interpreter of Passion fruit about Dieudonné, his idol« .
As he shared his immense” pride“, the columnist, for once, didn’t mince words. ” I am very shocked. For me, Mr. Vincent, it’s not the words that worry me. It is your adoration for Dieudonné”, he said, visibly very upset.
“I love the artist, I love him”
Support for Dieudonné, words considered “sexist”: explains Francky Vincent, now Knight of Arts and Letters #TPMP ! pic.twitter.com/4rIzYYmuLA
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Francky Vincent anti-Semitic? Gilles Verdez puts his feet in the pot
And to add: « On Alain Soral’s channel, a far-right extremist, you still said that Dieudonné was your idol : ‘I give him unconditional admiration, all the respect in the world’. Dieudonné is an anti-Semite, condemned as such, how can one say that? »
Statements that surprised the musician who somehow tried to justify himself. ” When I like an artist or a celebrity, the rest is none of my business. I am West Indian, we are like that, we are spontaneous in relation to person. (…) I like the artist. When he does his shows of him, I love it. then stammered what he had participated in 2010 a Celebrity farm in Africa.
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“Do you condone Dieudonné’s anti-Semitism? »
Explanations that apparently did not convince Gilles Verdez who gave a turn, reminding Francky Vincent of his participation in the “Bal de la Quenelle” in 2020″. Do you forgive Dieudonné’s anti-Semitism? », the reporter then asked him.
“I don’t approve of anything, I stop at the man, the one who makes me laugh and doesn’t go beyond”, Francky Vincent immediately retorted, who also assures that he has no problem appearing next to his friend, condemned several times for inciting hatred, denial of the Holocaust and anti-Semitism.
« That’s the problem, sir, that’s why you should never have been appointed Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (…) If you support anti-Semitism Mr. Vincent, it means that you are anti-Semitic”, concluded Gilles Verdez, right in his boots. A sequence that hasn’t finished flowing the ink…
