French actor Gerard Depardieu may be stripped of France’s highest award, the Legion of Honor, for offensive remarks towards women. French Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak announced this on live broadcast TF1 information.
According to the minister, he discussed this issue with the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, General Francois Lecointre. A meeting of the Council of the Legion of Honor will be held at which a disciplinary procedure will be initiated. At the meeting, it will be decided whether this decision will be suspended or withdrawn completely.
The Order of Honor is an organization led by the Grand Master of the President of France, currently Emmanuel Macron. Gerard Depardieu received the order in 1996.
Depardieu allowed offensive remarks towards women and a little girl during his visit to North Korea in 2018. These words of the actor were included in the documentary “Additional Investigation”, which was shown on the French television channel France 2 at the end of November.
After the screening of the film, the French state broadcaster France Télévisions decided to stop the screening of all films with Depardieu’s participation.
This week it was learned that the French actor. deprived The highest award of the Canadian province of Quebec – the Order of Quebec for his scandalous remarks.
It was previously reported that Gerard Depardieu. harassed Interpreters in North Korea.