On CNews, these comments by Claude Lelouch on women and infidelity are shocking

MEDIA – Unhearable. Guest on the show Professional Time presented by Pascal Praud on CNewsdirector Claude Lelouch made shocking remarks this Wednesday, November 13 about women and infidelity, quickly denounced on social networks.

Pascal Praud first questioned the producer about his vision of the couple. Divorced three times and father of seven children from five different women, Claude Lelouche had previously estimated that“we can change women when we find something better”, in an interview with La Tribune Sunday. Allegations that the director of Eventually has maintained, justifying: “When I say that we are faithful until we find something better, it’s true whether it’s for a car, a woman, a fridge, anything…”.

Embarrassment on set

As you can hear in the clip belowthe 87-year-old producer, currently married to novelist Valérie Perrin, continued: “Married women should thank mistresses. Very often when we go elsewhere we are happy to come home.” Claude Lelouch confessed in his book Those years having already cheated on his wife with Annie Girardot, who disappeared in 2011.

An outing which caused embarrassed laughter on the set of CNews and Pascal Praud reacted: “ We're going to have big problems. I have a young woman in my headset. Already the comparison of women and refrigerators, I was entitled to a first remark…”.

“You don’t understand”then annoys Claude Lelouch, before sinking a little deeper: “ We are constantly improving the world (…). But it's true that beauty has absolutely incredible virtues and our eyes can't help but wander around and see things. You have to live with all that.”

“CNEWS continues to trivialize sexism”

The sequence was widely circulated and was denounced on social networks, as you can read in the tweets below. “What a wreck », criticized Paris councilor Chloé Sagaspe, adding that “ CNEWS continues to trivialize sexism. » Another Internet user was indignant: “Misogyny and reducing women to the status of objects via a superb reification”.

Other X users responded under the tweet of the video with a lot of sarcasm, such as journalist Emmanuel Guillet: “Speaking of which, we know that 38% of women are unfaithful (and 46% of men). There are 6 men in this extract. Statistically, there are therefore two cuckolds on the set. » Comedian Aymeric Lompret, known to the general public for his columns on France Inter before leaving the radio, replied: “Hahahaha but this man’s new film is going to be hilarious. ” EventuallyLelouch's 51st film, starring Kad Merad, was released in theaters this Wednesday, November 13.

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