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A major figure in the French drag scene, Nicky Doll took advantage of a misunderstanding about one of his jokes to call for a blockade against the far right.
PEOPLE – Clarification, visibly necessary. Latest guest on the podcast Small Talkthe drag queen and presenter of Drag Rag France Nicky Doll was forced to retract one of her statements in connection with Jordan Bardella, current president of the National Rally.
A necessary clarification on Thursday June 27 for the former participant of RuPaul’s Drag Racewhose sentence « le Bardella, let’s go » caused a controversy that she absolutely did not expect.
A sequence taken out of context
And for good reason. In this podcast broadcast on Wednesday, June 26 by Konbini and presented by David Castello-Lopez, the comedian asked the drag queen this question: “do you think you could have desire for someone who doesn’t share your political ideas at all? ». To which she responded with humor: “ Sometimes, kiss under hatred, sorry, but Bardella, let’s go. On the other hand, after that I don’t want to hear from you anymore ».
A touch of humor visibly misunderstood by many spectators of this sequence, extracted and relayed on social networks. “The broadcast of Konbini’s Small Talk podcast in which I participated at the end of last May, well before the dissolution and the legislative campaign, provoked a lot of reactions”therefore begins by explaining Nicky Doll in a press release shared on her social networks.
Capture d’écran X Nicky Doll
The message posted by Nicky Doll on X to react to the controversy over her comments regarding Jordan Bardella.
Recorded well before the announcement of the dissolution of the National Assembly, these words from Nicky Doll were especially criticized for the lightness of tone with which she evokes the president of the RN. Which was absolutely not the case, she assures in her explanations.
« Those who know me will have understood the irony of my answers, but others instrumentalize my words in sequences taken out of context. », she wrote in response to the numerous criticisms, recalling in passing the character “ sarcastic and second degree » of this audio program.
Regretting without condemning him “ the timing of the broadcast of this podcast “, just a few days before the first round of the legislative elections, she adds that if a “ doubt » was able to settle on his “ political beliefs “, it is a mistake. ” I refuse to allow my words to be used and distorted to give the impression of any support on my part for this person, and everything they represent.. »
Blockade on the far right
Logically opposed to the “ romanticization of this dangerous person for the future of our country and our communities “, the drag queen adds another layer by affirming her rejection of Jordan Bardella and his far-right political family.
The one who is currently presenting on France 2 the third season of the famous drag queen competition in its French version is taking the opportunity to send a political message as the election approaches. One more way to remove any form of ambiguity from a simple joke spoken in a humorous context.
When ” the slightest irony is taken literally », Nicky Doll appelle « a new time » his fans and avid viewers to “ vote this weekend to block the RN “. If there could be the slightest doubt about what could be hidden in the joke of one of the most famous representatives of the drag scene in France and internationally, she herself took it upon herself to sweep it away.
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