“You insult me in public and apologize in the toilets, I wish it was the other way around.” It is by quoting Winston Churhill that Roselyne Bachelot takes up an episode from her time at the Ministry of Culture.
The former minister, author of 682 Days – The Dance of the Hypocrites at Éditions Plon, he returned to BFMTV about his relationships with French artists in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic when culture is blocked for health reasons. Many then blame Roselyne Bachelot for her lack of voice to defend the cultural sector.
This is particularly the case with Benjamin Biolay, whom he describes as “an artist among the richest with a slice of bread well buttered and on both sides” in his book. The artist responded to him on his Instagram account with a parodied cover of a Tintin album entitled “In search of your dignity” and in which the Roselyne Bachelot account is identified.
“We have the feeling of injustice”
“I forgot about many rude words because I also know that artists are not just a matter of money, it is an incredible contact with the public that we communicate,” the former minister declared on our antenna.
“This suffering, I understood it,” he still assured on our antenna, referring to the ban on shows during the Covid-19 crisis.
“I fought so much, I mobilized so much for days and hours, nights…”, continued Roselyne Bachelot, who regretted having been presented as a useless person who is having fun or having a good vacation…”.
“We have the feeling of injustice quite incredible and if I responded a few times with a bit of irritation, it always seems strange to me that we have the right to insult ministers and that they do not have the right to say ‘they hurt me’.” he concluded on BFMTV.
Source: BFM TV
