Antoine Dupont and Jean Dujardin condemn the “front page” of “Valeurs nouvelles”, the director of the magazine responds to them

“France rugby yes, your values ​​no. No recovery. THANKS. » This concise message was broadcast by the actor Jean Dujardin, on the evening of Friday September 15, taking up the front page of the far-right magazine Current values displaying him on the cover, alongside the star player of the XV of France Antoine Dupont. The weekly then praises a “rooted sport that has become a model for society” with its “well-behaved supporters, [ses] patriotic players and [ses] exemplary values”. Shortly after, Antoine Dupont relayed Jean Dujardin’s “story” – taking care to hide the name of the magazine in red.

Offended, the editorial director of Current valuesTugdual Denis, published on Saturday a “letter from a spurned lover” intended for Jean Dujardin and Antoine Dupont. He denounces the fact of having “ [effacé] the name of [son] newspaper, as one would hide an unsightly face” – “we dare not imagine that you need to bite with the wolves, in order to remain in a hypothetical camp of good”, he emphasizes.

“We loved you before, we will love you after. We love you without knowing who you vote forwrites Mr. Denis. We love you without worrying about your possible religion or your skin color. We love you without knowing if you appreciate us (now we know). (…) You mention the word recovery. Because we are (and will stay) genetically a conservative right-wing newspaper? Believe us, we would never think of the word recovery if we saw your faces on the front page of Release, of Humanity or The Obs. Because everyone has the right to love you, each newspaper is free in its publications. »