In an interview given to the newspaper Le Parisien, humorist Jamel Debbouze insisted on recalling that according to him, “France is not racist”, despite a huge push from the far right noticed during previous elections.
Jamel Debbouze is not ready to change his mind. Remember: guest on the show Sept à Huit on TF1 this Sunday, July 3, the comedian had spoken at length about the first names of his children: Léon and Lila. It must be said that a small controversy had arisen, opposing two camps: those saying that these “very French” first names were proof of assimilation, others saying it was treason. The comedian had answered directly, very sure of himself.
“I understand that public opinion has its opinion, and that it says what it wants, when it wants, when it has to say it.. Afterwards, when others trade in it to divide us or to pit us against each other, it’s ridiculous. I don’t fit in there at all. What I’ve done through that is just love my wife Mélissa Theuriau and create a family. I was born in France, I am French, and it is the result of all that what“.
Jamel Debbouze: “France is not racist”
Interviewed more recently in the newspaper Le Parisien, the 47-year-old comedian once again returned to what he considers to be a non-controversy. “We were brought up on a carpet of division, of opposition. We were the first to laugh at it, to find it ridiculous. If you knew how much we love France, we, children of immigrants… The France that I know for having traveled through it is absolutely not racist”.
Also asked about the push of the far right during the last elections, Jamel Debbouze also has his interpretation. “I can’t believe that one in two French people is a Lepenist. But there is surely one in two in misery”.
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Jamel Debbouze
Remember: guest on the show Sept à Huit on TF1 this Sunday, July 3, the comedian had spoken at length about the first names of his children: Léon and Lila.
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Jamel Debbouze
It must be said that a small controversy had arisen, opposing two camps: those saying that these “very French” first names were proof of assimilation…
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Jamel Debbouze
Others saying it was a betrayal. The comedian had answered directly, very sure of himself.
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Jamel Debbouze
“I understand that public opinion has its opinion, and that it says what it wants, when it wants, when it has to say it”.
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Jamel Debbouze
“Afterwards, when others trade in it to divide us or to pit us against each other, it’s ridiculous.”
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Jamel Debbouze
“I don’t fit into that at all. What I’ve done through that is just love my wife Mélissa Theuriau and create a family.”
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Jamel Debbouze
“I was born in France, I’m French, and that’s the result of all that.”
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Jamel Debbouze
Interviewed more recently in the newspaper Le Parisien, the 47-year-old comedian once again returned to what he considers to be a non-controversy.
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Jamel Debbouze
“If you knew how much we love France, we, children of immigrants…”
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Jamel Debbouze
“The France that I know for having traveled through it is absolutely not racist”.