France is angry because Gérard Depardieu, accused of sexual assault and publicly condemned for vile comments about women, is having the time of his life in Dubai. But there is a but…
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If you believe the videos posted on Instagram by his friend, the boxer Farid Khider, he is actually having fun, be it in the swimming pool in Dubai, but also in the restaurant or at the bar.
The problem is that the video is from 2022, as the boxer confirmed on his Instagram account at the time.
The Bag of Chips investigated to understand what was going on. It appears that the video in question was “pinned” to Khider's profile, meaning it appears first at the top of his Instagram. A hurried reader might therefore have thought the video had just been released.
It was enough to set France on fire.
“On every set we heard 'Gérard is devastated' but he's having a lot of fun in Dubai with his friends,” commented one Twitter user.
“How terrible to be friends with a man like that!” commented one lady on Instagram.
Gérard Depardieu is the subject of several complaints of rape and sexual assault.
Actor Cyrano de Bergerac was the subject of another investigation that uncovered his misogynistic or harassing comments towards women, sometimes minors.