Laurent Gerra made fun of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games during an interview with RTL on Sunday. The 56-year-old comedian, who did not appreciate the show organized on the Seine on July 26, says he does not recognize himself in this “image of France”.
He didn’t like the show at all. And he doesn’t hide it. During an interview given to RTL on Sunday, Laurent Gerra criticized the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which took place on July 26 on the Seine. “Everything I make fun of in my show was brought together in this ceremony,” said the 56-year-old comedian, who did not watch the entire show imagined by Thomas Jolly and his teams.
“I’m not a masochist either,” tackled Laurent Gerra. “Three hours with people on barges saying hi, with rappers and Aya Nakamura… We had to tone it down. With the brand placement too, LVHM… It makes me laugh. It’s laughable. I think always to Jean Yanne (the former actor who died last year). Everyone was proud to be French and I was laughing to tears. It’s not possible that we give an image like that of France. “
“I want to be progressive but not with ridiculous things”
Relaunched on the “progressive values” carried by the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games, the imitator from Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain) responded with sarcasm: “Like the Football World Cup (which took place in Qatar in 2022, Editor’s note). Ah yes, yes yes, of course! I want to be progressive but not with ridiculous things anyway, eh…”
Asked what he would have wanted, Laurent Gerra concluded with a smile: “That there be no Olympic Games”.
