“What a funny vision of the world”, “to vomit”, “lamentable, macho and sexist remarks”… Claude Lelouch, who came to defend his film Eventually Wednesday on CNews, attracted a flood of criticism on social networks after his unfortunate outings on women. To the point of forcing the 87-year-old director, this Friday, to apologize on X for his “inappropriate and clumsy comments”.
“A car, a woman, a fridge, anything…”
Questioned Wednesday by Pascal Praud in the show Professional Time on previous statements about infidelity, the director ofA man and a woman first clumsily tried to justify himself: “When I say that we are faithful until we find something better, it is because it is true, whether it is for a car, a woman, a fridge, anything…” he said, causing initial discomfort on the set.
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Rebelotes a few minutes later: “You know, married women should thank their mistresses because there are impressive returns. I mean that very often, when we go elsewhere, we are happy to come home,” he said again, provoking new exclamations.
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Faced with the controversy, Claude Lelouch tried to justify himself this Friday on the social network , that I owed them everything, that love came through admiration […] My inappropriate and clumsy comments hurt, I ask your forgiveness,” he wrote.
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The filmmaker is known for his female conquests and has admitted to infidelities: “I have cheated on many things in my life. I cheated on women, my children. But cinema, I have always remained faithful to it,” he said in 2022 in an interview with France Inter.
Married four times
Claude Lelouch was married four times: with actress Christine Cochet, actress Marie-Sophie L., actress Alessandra Martines, and finally with novelist Valérie Perrin in 2023. He was also in a relationship with actresses Annie Girardot and Evelyne Bouix, and also the model Gunilla Friden.
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