- Arthur, promoting his book ‘Even the night doesn’t want me’, was a guest on ‘C à vous’ on May 28.
- He spoke about the criticism received for his comments on Israel and the impact on his broadcasts.
- Artists refuse to participate in its broadcasts, fearing repercussions on their image.
- Ce résumé généré par IA a été validé par les journalistes de la
rédaction.
In full promotion of his new book, Even the night doesn’t want meArthur was passing through It’s up to youthis Thursday, May 28. The emblematic host of the small screen then returned to his highly criticized comments concerning Israel since October 7, 2023.
According to him, his positions have earned him virulent attacks on social networks, but not only that. He explained that artists no longer want to come to his shows, for fear of being threatened.
Yours: Arthur returns to his comments regarding Israel
Anne-Elisabeht Lemoine a alors demandé à son invité :“You define yourself as a personnalité
radioactivewhat makes you say that?”. The host then explained: “I see clearly that before, when I came to do your show, there were messages ‘he’s nice he’s cool’, There I invite you to read the messages that will appear under your video when you repost it, it will be marked ‘Arthur the child genocidal,
crazy stuff”.
The emblematic face of TF1 then added “if I had been on TV sets to say ‘Children must be massacred, I am for war’, I would understand. But what did I say? I said
‘give back the fucking hostages’. That’s just my message.”. The presenter of
It’s up to you then explained that Arthur had been accused of being the spokesperson for the Israeli government. “Because we are in a binary worldwhere the algorithms mean that we are either in one case or the other. There is no
more nuance“ a rétorqué l’époux de Mareva
Galanter.
Arthur explains why some guests refuse to come on his shows
The guest from France 5 then added: “I say it and I even get yelled at by my own community. You can love Israel and not agree with its governmentand love the Gazan people. (…) We can have empathy for the Palestinian people, and be against a terrorist group which martyrizes them first. But that’s not possible.”.
Obviously very annoyed, Arthur then explained: “And there’s something completely new: I’ve always been French. But
now, I am Jewish before being French.
(…) I was given a sort of label. Which doesn’t bother me because I’m very proud to be Jewish, but above all I’m French.”. Pierre Lescure then explained that certain guests refused to come to Arthur’s broadcasts, for fear that they would be criticized for this appearance. “Oui, there are three of them. It’s a tiny minority. They didn’t call me to tell me ‘I don’t come on your show because of your positions’. They told me ‘I’m not coming and I regret it, because if I came I would get screwed by my own community‘. We are in this thing of permanent opposition. We need to find nuance.” he concluded.
