The president of deputies RN Marine Le Pen criticized on Wednesday the possibility of Aya Nakamura singing at the opening of the Olympic Games, affirming that Emmanuel Macron wants to “divide” and “humiliate” the French. “It’s not a nice symbol, honestly, it’s an additional provocation from Emmanuel Macron who has to get up every morning saying ‘Hey, how am I going to succeed in humiliating the French people?'” , declared the far-right leader on France Inter.
“I’m not even going to talk to you about the entourage… I’m going to talk to you about her outfit, her vulgarity, the fact that she doesn’t sing French, she doesn’t sing ‘foreign’ either, she sings we don’t know what,” she continued. “It’s not crossbreeding, it’s nonsense,” she lambasted, also deeming it “shameful” that the most listened to French-speaking singer in the world had been the target of racist attacks in particular during a Reconquest meeting.
“That’s what he does best.”
Without “questioning her nationality”, Marine Le Pen questioned “the image we want to give of our country”. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, during which according to the press Emmanuel Macron wants her to play Édith Piaf, “must bring together, must unite the French”, she added. “It’s difficult to unite 100%, but here we can clearly see that Emmanuel Macron’s desire was once again to divide. That’s what he does best,” added the three-time unsuccessful presidential candidate.
World star since “Djadja” in 2018, the Franco-Malian singer, aged 28, was born in Bamako and grew up in Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis). Aya Nakamura, who released her fourth album last year, “DNK”, is playing in the league of the greats. At the end of 2022, she delivered an interactive show in “Fortnite”, a video game blockbuster fond of this type of collaboration. This type of catwalk is reserved for global megastars, such as American rapper Travis Scott or Brazilian soccer star Neymar.