Get the latest gossip
French Feminist Groups Take To Streets To Protest President Macron’s Defense Of Gérard Depardieu
A collective of feminist groups held street protests across France on Thursday evening to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s support of Gérard Depardieu in the light of multiple allegations of sex…
“We call on all those who defend the rights of women, children and gender minorities, and who refuse sexist and sexual violence to rallies,” the group, gathering under the banner of Feminist Strike Collective, announced in a statement prior to the protests. The street protests come three weeks after Macron publicly defended Depardieu who has seen his star fall following the broadcast of a bombshell documentary delving into multiple allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior against the actor. In an interview with evening talk show C à Vous in mid-December, Macron suggested Depardieu was the subject of a witch hunt, adding he was a “great admirer” of the actor who “had made France proud.”
Or read this on Deadline
