It was inevitable: after his visit to Cyril Hanouna on the set of TPMP to talk about his appointment as Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Francky Vincent had the feeling that he was trapped.
December 6 was supposed to be a day of celebration for Frank Vincentjust appointed Knight of Arts and Letters by Minister of Culture Rima Abdul-Malak, had been invited by Cyril Hanouna to defend against those who were offended by this decoration. But instead, the West Indian singer was ordered to explain his ties with Dieudonné, facing Gilles Verdez.
Francky Vincent feels like he’s ‘fell into a trap’
He has no plans to set foot on the set of TPMP again, even though this step was his fifth on the show. “I went to the TPMP five times, they never told me about Dieudonné.” To explain Frank Vincent in the columns of the Parisian, “and there, since I have the medal, they fall on me. I felt like I was cheated on. I will never go back to this show.” He added. Because the singer was invited to talk about his distinction, who opposes him and the choice of minister. He explains that therefore he did not expect what finally happened, feeling like in a court of law. “I was told I was going to talk for eight minutes about my distinction but it only lasted thirty seconds and they fell on me for twenty five minutes. the interpreter of “Passion Fruit” makes his debut attacked by Gilles Verdez on several occasions about his knowledge and support for Dieudonné. Indeed we see it on the screen, Cyril Hanouna’s columnist repeatedly asks him this question “You still said that “Dieudonné was your idol”. Dieudonné is an anti-Semite and condemned as such, how can you tell? As he explained to the Parisian, Frank Vincent then it seemed to me “fell trapped”.
Cornered, targeted, Francky Vincent tried to defend himself but nothing worked “I found myself in a garbage court, a huge masquerade”, explained to our colleagues, “I felt like Hanouna was the prosecutor, Verdez the judge, to whom I pay tribute Ghent and Bigard defending me with common sense.” Subsequently, the words of Gilles Verdez, who revealed that he received death threats after this arms transfer, she finally convinced him to do it file a defamation lawsuit against him. “I am suspected of being an anti-Semitic sympathizer because I sang a song in 2019 at the Bal des quenelles in Dieudonné. While my wife is a Semite, while I had a child with a Semite mestizo… I take it seriously”. As for Dieudonné, he also explained “be interested in man, in what makes me laugh and that’s it”, conclusive “I don’t judge people. I don’t condemn, I’m not a judge.”
