“It was a joke”: accused of having defended Patrick Bruel, Anny Duperey sets things straight

Anny Duperey took advantage of her time on the show Culture mediathis Thursday, May 11, to clarify a speech which had aroused deep indignation. Faced with Thomas Isle, she immediately required to explain on his previous release about the singer. “I made a joke qui a été très mal reprise”she justified herself in order to defuse criticism of his supposed support. The actress regrets having been stupidly ironic at the start of the affair, before adding more bluntly, on the airwaves ofEurope 1that this gentleman she has never met is suffering, in her words, “of serious cock problems“.

“It was a joke” : Anny Duperey clarifies her remarks

The guest long deplored the excessive media coverage granted to celebrities, to the detriment of everyday dramas. “I don’t think it can help women who are victims”she declares, referring to quotes from her own previous statements. Anny Duperey also recalled what she had said at the start of the investigation to explain your point of view. “J’ai dit bêtement : ‘Perhaps he is the one who should file a complaint’. More it was a joke“she insists to put an end to any ambiguity.

The actress was also indignant at the lack of consideration for those who suffer in the shadows and sometimes do not even dare to open the door of a police station. “I believe thatwe don’t do much to protect women who are beaten”she insists to denounce theabsence de réactions concrete actions of the public authorities.

Is the media coverage of the affair obscuring the essential?

This focus comes at a time when the legal front has become considerably heavier for the singer, indicted the day before for rape, attempted rape and sexual assault. Although he has échappé à la détention provisoire requested by the prosecution, Patrick Bruel is now under judicial control. He has, among other things, ban on leaving the territory French, a dû surrender your passport to the registry, and pay a deposit of 500,000 euros.

For Anny Duperey, the scale taken by these measures, and their continued television treatment, perfectly illustrates what she denounces. The actress gets annoyed to see totally vampirized news by the setbacks of the star, while the violence suffered by anonymous people remain invisible. The actress thus took advantage of the end of her intervention to refocus the debate, displaying her desire to donner la priority to the global cause of women rather than to the permanent media story of the slip-ups of a celebrity.