Candice Vernet, notable candidate for the Star Academy class of 2023, gave a rare interview to the Youtube channel Popslay. She returned to the racist messages she received during the broadcast of her season.
The Star Academy class of 2023 left its mark on fans’ minds. However, rarely have the show's candidates been so much victims of harassment on social networks. During the broadcast of the season, certain members of the academicians' families had to intervene to calm things down, as the fans were sometimes shooting each other in a very toxic manner. “Candice is now the target of an outpouring of hatred that no one is prepared for. Let's remain worthy“, wrote Candice's father, after a wave of harassment suffered by his daughter.
Some academicians denounced, after the broadcast, the difference in treatment between the candidates, starting with Djebril. The young singer even refused to return to the castle during the week during which the alumni came to visit the class of 2024. “I was invited, but did not wish to take part in this week for my own reasons and scheduling issuesproduction was of course informed“, he wrote on social networks, to justify his absence.
Star Academy: Candice Vernet hurt by the racist messages she received
Candice, who had supported Djebril when he denounced the treatment the production had subjected him to, gave a long interview to the Youtube channel Popslay. The interpreter of Withered flowerswho rarely speaks in the media, this time addressed many topics during this candid interview, including cyberbullying. “When I left the castle, I prepared myself psychologically because I knew I couldn't please everyone. But it still hurts, it's a little violent at first. The haters, it's their truth, I don't care, I have mine. I think I know what I'm worth […] If there are people who don't like me, it doesn't matter“, she explained.
Then added: “Then there are specific situations which are more complicated for me to accept. When it's racism, misogyny, I don't understand. I don't want to talk about it, there's no point in stirring up this kind of thing because it's just stupid. But since I'm a bit utopian, I want to tell myself that humans are good. When I see things like that, I tell myself that it's not possible. It's incomprehensible“. A subject obviously very difficult to discuss for the young singer.
