Gerard Depardieu called the war “nonsense” and said he loves Russia
French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has Russian citizenship, once again distinguished himself with a scandalous statement. He called the war “nonsense” and “the madness of the people.”
According to Depardieu, he does not undertake to judge wars and invasions. However, speaking about the full-scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, he said that this did not affect his love for the aggressor country.
“Nothing has changed for me. I’m still Russian. I love Russian culture. When I love a country, it’s always because of its culture. But I prefer to avoid talking about this topic. No one can say anything sensible about it. No one!” the scandalous actor told the German publication Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung.
Depardieu also commented on his statement, which he made in March. Then the actor condemned the war and called it “fratricidal”, but he did not call Putin an aggressor and did not admit that the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Now the scandalous fan of Russia has completely disowned his words.
“I hate it when politics and acting are mixed. I don’t want to talk about this more than: War is big nonsense,” Depardieu said.
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To the information of non-german speakers: Depardieu called war “schwachsinn” which means, he called war stupidity (war is stupid) , Ne never said that this claims about war are nonsense – only that humans are stupid to do wars in general. So he has not disowned his words. By the way: i am completely with ukraine in this war, but that does not mean we have a right to discredit every person which does not speak exactly how we would like it. Please, refrain from black-and-white-patterns when you comment. After all, even russians are allowed to love their country, even if they disagree with the war, putin and everything else. Please think: Would you hate your parents only because they have done wrong? We are humans, our feelings can be complicated.