This Friday, Claude Lelouch published a letter on his
Currently promoting the release of his latest film Eventuallyreleased on Wednesday, the 87-year-old director, divorced three times and father of seven children from five different women, notably declared that “married women should thank their mistresses” because their husbands are then “happy to come home”. These sexist remarks were widely denounced on social networks.
“I respect women”
“I have always respected women, those to whom I have dedicated 51 films and even more in my last. My inappropriate and clumsy comments hurt, I ask you for forgiveness”wrote Claude Lelouch, who also explains having “ explained for half an hour that women had made me grow, that I owed them everything, that love came through admiration.” He adds: « All my life I have said that women are successful men. But only comments taken out of context were repeated everywhere and that deeply saddens me. »
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