Amélie Oudéa-Castéra mocked after singing Aya Nakamura: once, not twice!

Play the song again? Very little for Amélie Oudéa-Castéra. While Aya Nakamura was the target of racist attacks, after the announcement of her possible participation in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games gave her support by reprising his hit Djadja. “Oh Djadja, oh Djadja”she hummed in front of the cameras C to you on France 5 last March. Before adding with enthusiasm: “I like ‘Djadja’, I like ‘Doudou’, I like ‘SMS’, I like ‘Hypé’. There’s rhythm, there’s vitality. That’s it that I love.” However, the vocal performance of the former tennis player does not seem to have been unanimous.

During an interview given to Konbini unveiled this Thursday, May 9, and spotted by BFMTV, an Internet user asked Amélie Oudéa-Castéra to sing Aya Nakamura’s big hit again. A request that the 46-year-old politician preferred to decline for a very specific reason. “No. I’m not going to sing again because people made fun of me a little”, she said. And to continue: “You know, I’m also learning the trade a little. We get a little trapped sometimes.” Despite everything, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra said “proud to have been one of the very first, if not the first” to be “rebelled against racist attacks including” the 29-year-old singer was a victim. “She does a fantastic job, she is the most listened to French-speaking artist, respect”, she concluded with a certain admiration. Significant support for Aya Nakamura in this controversy.

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Aya Nakamura at the Paris Olympics? Amélie Oudéa-Castéra gives her opinion

Guest on the morning set Good morning ! on TF1, a few days after its resumption of Djadja, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra returned to the controversy surrounding the possible participation of Aya Nakamura at the opening of the Paris Olympic Games. Faced with Bruce Toussaint, Gustavo Kuerten’s ex reiterated his support for the mother of Ava and Aïcha. “The decision rests with the artistic director of the ceremony, Thomas Jolly. I intervened on Aya Nakamura for one thing: to speak out against the racist attacks to which she was the subject and which were absolutely scandalous”she firmly declared.

Amélie Oudéa-Castéra then underlined that Aya Nakamura is a major figure in French contemporary music: “It must be respectedyou know, she is an artist who makes millions of French people dance every evening, who is one of the most listened to French-speaking artists in the world today, she must be respected for what she does”, she shared, highlighting not only the talent of the artist but also his cultural and social impact. As for the burning question of her participation or not in the Olympics, the minister suggested that “the decision will be announced in due course by Thomas Jolly”. The suspense is at its peak.

Photo credits: Screenshot Konbini – Youtube