“People are very mean”: Artus reacts after the controversy surrounding her skirt on the Cannes red carpet

A simple outfit that was enough to send Internet users wild. On May 14, Artus witnessed the rise of the steps ofParallel stories by Asghar Farhadi with the team of his latest film, The Whims of the Child King directed by Michel Leclerc, and in which he plays the role of Cyrano de Bergerac. But the complicity of the members of the cast – which also includes Franck Dubosc and Doria Tillier – was quickly eclipsed by the director’s outfit.A little something extra.

The one who has just made his love story with Kim Higelin official has indeed arrived on the red carpet from Cannes in a pleated skirt worn over his suit pants, far from the classic tuxedo generally worn by men for this type of event. A “homemade” look by his costume designer, he then explained to journalist Leslie Benaroch’s “Point Mode”.

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If the most keen on fashion recognize the trend of layering – which consists of superimposing several layers of clothing to create an original and versatile look -, some particularly virulent Internet users have attacked the comedian and more particularly his look, obviously not entirely to their taste. “The wokization of Artus is impressive!†“Wokism has won, it’s magnificent. We are saved,” we can read in particular in tweets found on X by our colleagues from20 Minutes .

“Brigitte, 65 years old, her poodle in her hands”

Faced with this wave of nastiness, Artus did not hesitate to speak out, as he is accustomed to doing. In 2024, he had already openly denounced the creators who had refused to dress the actors ofA little something extra for their climb of the steps in Cannes. And once again, he doesn’t seem decided to keep what he thinks to himself.

“This morning, I read comments on social networks, where people are sometimes very mean on posts, whether on my outfit, on something else,” said the comedian in the “Cannorama” interview granted to Gala a few hours after its appearance. “It’s crazy how people are sometimes so hateful, in fact what really surprises me is the people who do that. It’s Brigitte, 65 years old, in her profile photo she has her poodle in her hands and she says: “Look at him, the other big one and that thing and everything!†And you want to say: “Madame, what happened in your life that you have so much hatred?††Well sent.