Painful memories for Christophe Willem. The 40-year-old singer spoke with France information this Wednesday about the bullying he suffered as a child.
“My daily life at that time was walking next to walls because I was quite effeminate, I had a fairly high-pitched voice, I was very stigmatized,” testifies the artist.
“There were insults, sometimes beatings, and I went to school with a knot in my stomach and I said to myself ‘am I going to have a calm day today?’” he continues.
The artist revealed by the show. New star on the M6 He remembers in particular one day when he went to ask a supervisor for help after being beaten by his colleagues. “I just got beaten up, I went to see the supervisor and he told me: ‘Yes, but at the same time… It’s true that you are a bit effeminate,’ says Christophe Willem.
“Le harcèlement en lui-même, c’est violent, les insultes et les coups, c’est violent, mais la plus grosse des violences, c’est la solitude et le manque de soutien des gens autour”, ajoute-t- He.
Measures “address the problem”
For Christophe Willem, “the most important thing” is that victims of harassment “talk about it with their loved ones”, although he recognizes that certain situations can be very delicate.
Alors que la Première minister Élisabeth Borne doit présenter ce mercredi le plan interministériel de lutte contre le harcèlement, un sujet érigé en “priorité absolue” par le minister de l’Éducation nationale, Gabriel Attal, Christophe Willem a dénoncé la multiplication du nombre de victims these last months.
“We must take action to address the problem. […] “It is essential that the educational establishment is equipped with the appropriate personnel to take concrete actions on the ground, otherwise they will only be announcement effects and will fall like a bellows,” concludes the artist.
Source: BFM TV
