Guest of the show L'heure des pros on Cnews on November 13, 2024, Claude Lelouch caused a lot of reaction when he raised the question of fidelity in couples.
If he tried to qualify his remarks, it was a controversy that emerged from the interview. During the broadcast Professional Timebroadcast on Cnews and presented by Pascal Praud, the director gave his opinion on fidelity, or rather infidelityin male-female relationships.
A vision of his own
Claude Lelouch had already expressed his vision of things, believing that fidelity is no longer guaranteed when a man “find better” than his spouse. Reason why Pascal Praud asked him to explain this opinion: “When I say that we are faithful until we find something better, it’s because it’s true, whether it’s for a woman, a car, a fridge, anything.”
Seeing that it caused a lot of reaction from the people present on the paper, the director elaborated: “It pulls you up, it forces us to be better and better, it forces us to improve. You can love a woman all your life if you break records every day, if you impress her every day. days.”
Controversy
A conception of things which was surprising: “But you know, married women should thank the mistresses because there are some awesome returns. I mean a lot of times when you go somewhere else you're happy to come home.”
“Already, the comparison between women and refrigerators…” tried to temper Pascal Praud. After which, Claude Lelouch completed: “We have never been in such an important, pivotal, crazy era. But it's true that beauty has absolutely incredible virtues and it's true that we can't help it, our eyes can't stop yourself from walking around, wandering around and seeing things and that's it and you have to live with all that.”
By linking these notions, the director did not fail to attract the wrath of Internet users. “To vomit”, many of them simply commented. Others adding: “It’s sickeningly sexist, worthy of bold 70s humor”, “Not one to make up for the other” or even “How can such comments be condoned?”
