Aya Nakamura at the Olympics and not him, the cash reaction of David Guetta (56 years old): “At the level…

By Elsa Girard-Basset | Web journalist

While the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will take place in just a few weeks, with Aya Nakamura as muse, David Guetta has chosen to speak for the first time on the subject. Snubbed by the organizers, the famous DJ did not hide his anger and his bitterness. And he made it known…

This time, we are very close. On July 26, the eyes of the entire world will be fixed on France as part of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. While Emmanuel Macron has made it known that many French and French-speaking stars will be present, he insisted that the muse be none other than Aya Nakamura.

This bold choice has caused a stir, particularly on the right of the political spectrum. A poll on RTL also highlighted the fact that more than 6 out of 10 French people believe that the Bamako native was not the most appropriate choice to represent France. Regardless, she will indeed be the one in the spotlight, unlike another international French star: David Guetta.

David Guetta not happy to have been snubbed for the Olympics

Renowned throughout the world, the man who already gave the kick-off for Euro 2016 8 years ago was not called upon this time. A hard pill to swallow for the Black Eyed Peas collaborator, who made this known to AFP, in comments relayed by Le Parisien:

I didn’t understand at all.

Globally, I’m still between the 4th and 15th most listened to artist in the world, not DJ, artist… To give you an idea, Beyoncé must be 40th or 50th. But no one called me. And yet I am French and I love France. It’s like that…

A bit bitter, therefore, David Guetta does not plan to force himself to win his place in the ceremony. He thus leaves the field open to Aya Nakamura, victim of numerous criticisms, but also supported by a very large part of showbiz and the political class. The famous music journalist Philippe Manoeuvre, for example, declared a few weeks ago:

She is legitimate, and then we have no one else who fascinates foreigners and young people. If I look on Spotify, Aya Nakamura, she’s a person who has 20 million listeners a month, that’s something huge. When there is resistance like that, it is because she is a very great singer, who will stay for a very, very long time.

Not exactly happy to have been left out, while he is one of the French artists with the greatest international renown, David Guetta let his disappointment and anger burst forth with regard to what he considers to be an abnormal omission. We can indeed understand him, especially in view of the argument of international notoriety put forward, rightly, for Aya Nakamura, and which would have also worked for him, perhaps in even greater proportions.