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The appointment of François Bayrou to the post of Prime Minister is an opportunity to bring old interviews from the past such as this show by Karine Le Marchand where he confided that he resembled… the American actor Richard Gere.
This is the game with each appointment of a Prime Minister: bringing out his past and old interviews. François Bayrou is no exception. And as is often the case, the sequences come from social networks. Like this interview that François Bayrou gave to Karine Le Marchand, in 2016, on M6.
In “An Intimate Ambition”, the host received political leaders, sitting on a sofa, in a warm atmosphere to gather their confidences. During the discussions, François Bayrou confided: “I was told that I looked like people, the actor from Pretty Woman”. Astonished reaction from Karine Le Marchand: “Ah, Richard Gere?” “Yes, Richard Gere,” confirmed François Bayrou with a laugh. “Is that why it’s your favorite film?” asked the host. And François Bayrou replied: “You take me for a fool!” “But do you like Pretty Woman?” asked Karine Le Marchand. “Yes, of course,” assured the politician.
8 years ago, the sequence made Nadine Morano, then LR European MP, react. “No resemblance. I understand better why Bayrou makes films. Gere makes us dream, give him nightmares,” she wrote on X.
The broadcast of François Bayrou's confidences sparked a lot of mockery on the social network Gere from Ali Express”, “Richard Gere from Wish”. Other Internet users nevertheless find a resemblance with the eyes and the nose.
In 1999, Richard Gere was voted “sexiest man alive” by magazine People. François Bayrou was not lucky enough to have this distinction.
