Pierre Niney does not want to be silent but he is “the spokesperson for nothing” when it comes to politics

COMMITMENT – We know Pierre Niney as a passionate actor on each of his projects, as a crazy entertainer on TV sets or in shows like LOL Who laughs comes out. And even as an “animal intagrammer” with his miniature donkey and his numerous dogs. As a politically engaged personality, less so.

The actor that we will see from Friday in Le Comte de Monte Cristo explained this Monday, June 24 why it was a very complex positioning.

During the interview, the actor talks about what he calls a “contradictory injunction” for artists. “ We are told a lot “you are important opinion relays” so we are asked questions, we are pushed to express ourselves, we must do it. And on the other side we have a lot of people who tell us “you are out of touch, it is not your role to talk about that”. » .

A double discourse which, according to Pierre Niney, complicates any position taken by artists and, more generally, public figures. “ I have no lessons to teach, I am not the spokesperson for anything. I just speak from my experience and my beliefs. Because I have not abandoned my convictions », assures the actor.

While refusing to become a standard bearer, Pierre Niney claims here the right to express himself as a citizen « normal »even if by its stature of « star », he is not an ordinary individual. “ I find it hard to completely deny us the status of citizens. It is not because I chose to be an artist that I am no longer a French citizen. So sometimes I allow myself to say things on subjects that are close to my heart “, he continued.

Pierre Niney’s plea in favor of “public service”

Since the European elections and the announcement of the dissolution, many celebrities have spoken out to call for blocking the road to the National Rally. Individually like Squeezie, Roschdy Zem, Soprano, Marion Cotillard or Léna Situations. Or in a collegial manner like the approximately 800 signatories of the column published in The world on June 23, including Gilles Lellouche Isabelle Carré and Cédric Klapisch.

But at the microphone of France Inter this Monday morning, it is not the political crisis, the upcoming legislative elections or the RN that Pierre Niney wanted to address. The actor returned to “ the difficulties of public services » and in particular from the school and the hospital. “ Something must be done here, we are in a state of emergency on many subjects. But I believe that public services are very precious, and it is our French DNA, and it belongs to us, it is ours. » This is not a call to vote, but at least that is said.

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