As part of anti-harassment prevention week, students from the Star Academy 2024 had a visit from Brigitte Macron, very involved in this fight. Faced with her, Emma revealed that she had studied in three different colleges and had been the victim of harassment.
By participating in the twelfth season of the Star Academythe students of this class of 2024 have the privilege of meeting great personalities. They sang with artists such as Patrick Fiori, Santa and Jean-Louis Aubert. They also had a visit from Ines Vandamme for a sports lesson. This Tuesday, November 5, it was a person they weren’t expecting who gave them a surprise. Brigitte Macron herself came to the castle of Dammarie-les-Lys to meet them. His goal? Raise awareness about school bullying during Anti-Bullying at School Week.
Emma (Star Academy 2024) victim of bullying at school: “I went to three different colleges”
In the daily life of Star Academybroadcast this Wednesday, November 6, the students spoke in turn about the harassment they may have suffered, directly or indirectly. Emma thus took the floor to make terrible confidences. “In my case, I had parents who divorced when I was in sixth grade, and so from tenth to third grade, I went to three different colleges and finding my place was very complicated“, she confides to provide context. The one who experienced an unforgettable moment during the NRJ Music Awards talks more about a year in particular which turned her schooling upside down: “In fourth grade, for a month, people stepped on my shoes, made fun of me and stared at me..”
She explains to Brigitte Macron how it stopped
Immediately, Brigitte Macron wanted to know how she had gotten through it. “It stopped thanks to a friend (…) whom I thank greatly today (…) because she was always a bit like my bodyguard“, she says. On her first day at school, she came to see her to bring her some “rumors” about her, and that she “didn’t believe a word of it” : “She wanted to be my friend. And that is extremely important to reach out to others, to be empathetic (…) to try to understand the other“If her friend had never come to see her, Emma would have ended up.”disappear into the group“and would have”accepted“, defaults to the situation. “I would have trivialized this thing ‘I’m the new kid and I’m bothersome,'” she admits.
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