The sequence shocked many Internet users. This Friday, director Claude Lelouch apologized for comments made two days earlier on the CNews set and described as misogynistic.
“On a television set, I explained for half an hour that women had made me grow up and that I owed them everything (…). All my life I have said that women are successful men. But only comments taken out of context were repeated everywhere, and that deeply saddens me,” writes the 87-year-old filmmaker. “I have always respected women, those to whom I have dedicated 51 films. My clumsy comments hurt, I ask your forgiveness,” he concludes.
Guest of the program “L'heure des Pros”, Claude Lelouch reaffirmed this Wednesday, as he had already done in the columns of La Tribune, that “you can change women when you find something better”.
“When I say that we are faithful until we find something better, it is true whether it is for a car, a woman, a fridge,” he continued. “Married women should thank mistresses. Very often, when we go elsewhere we are happy to come home,” added the father of seven children, whom he had with five different women.
Already on the set, Pascal Praud warned his guest: “We are going to have big problems. I have a young woman in my headset. Already the comparison of women and refrigerators gave me a first remark.” “You don’t understand (…). Beauty has absolutely incredible virtues and our eyes can't help but wander and see things,” replied the director.
