Amanda Lear is a singer who has spanned the ages. Always in great shape, she was the guest of Thomas Isle on Europe 1. Dali's former muse was present on set to promote the reissue of his album Let Me Entertain You. Among the tracks on the album is the famous Follow mea hit released in 1978 and which particularly resonates on this American election day.
Indeed, Amanda Lear told a tasty anecdote around this title and the new American president, Donald Trump. She thus confided to the microphone of Thomas Isle how much this song pleased the new president, according to the confessions of his ex-wife Ivana. Otherwise, she also spoke about the election in a more global way. She even took the liberty of delivering a fairly clear opinion on the role of artists during electoral periods.
Amanda Lear categorical about her refusal to give voting instructions
This is undoubtedly the topic of the day. Donald Trump has just been elected president of the United States for the second time. A historic comeback for the future tenant of the White House. The campaign he led for weeks against Kamala Harris was very tough. The Democratic candidate has on her side calls on the support of many artists in order to support his election. A speech by personalities, which was very contested by Amanda Lear at the microphone of Europe 1.
“I start from the principle that we artists have political opinions, but we must keep them to ourselves in the voting booth. I was a little shocked to see all these American artists step up and say 'vote for so-and-so'. We are entertainers, clowns, acrobats, we're here to entertain people, we're not here to tell them 'vote for Mélenchon, vote for something', no that's not our job! “.
His tasty anecdote about Donald Trump
In addition to this rant which can be heard, Amanda Lear recounted some rather juicy details concerning the new president. She is indeed very close to his ex-wife, Ivana Trump. She explained to him that the future president had a little guilty pleasure when it came to music. He loved, according to Ivana Trump, listening to the song Follow me, before getting down to business.
“I don't know if it's true or not, but in any case, I was friends with his ex-wife, I hung out with her and saw her very often. And one day, when she was drinking, because she was drinking quite a bit, she said to me, 'you know, when I was still married to Donald, he liked your 'Follow me'… you know for 'getting in shape' ». After which a journalist insisted. “Before the cuddle or whatever!” “. And Amanda Lear concludes, “'If I swear to you it turned him on'… well that's what, he owes me everything.”
