Guest of the show Luxury plane Jordan De Luxe, Brigitte Lahe spoke out about the accusations against
Patrick Bruel. True to her straight-talking style, the former porn star-turned-host delivered a provocative analysis unusual in contemporary discussions about free speech. When asked about the allegations of rape and sexual assault that affected the singer, she first recalled working with him directly or indirectly: “I, of course, met him. I have friends who slept with him. But they didn’t file a complaint.”
Brigitte Lahaie gives her opinion on the Bruel case
But beyond the artist’s reputation as a seductress, 70-year-old Brigitte Lahaie quickly broke away from the facts and approached the topic from a sociological and generational point of view. In her opinion, the appearance of complaints filed decades after the facts can be explained, first of all, cultural climate
and collective discontent. According to her, many women today strive “to avenge one’s mother, grandmother or great-grandmother” are faced with what they perceive as internal male violence.
Bruel? “I think some women who come forward twenty years later actually think they were abused.
Probably because he was a bit of a party animal. Without a doubt. And then maybe he raped someone, I don’t know. To be honest, I was no longer interested in this issue, because it doesn’t concern me.”
At the heart of Brigitte Lahe’s statements is the perception of sexuality and limitations. This directly contradicts the position women over 40To the younger generation, who believe that they were the first to learn how to cope with difficult situations: “Women over 40 think a little like me. So from time to time, okay, we were attacked, it wasn’t great, it was a little, even downright brutal, maybe it hurt us a little. And what? It is also what drives us to build ourselves and become women.”she says.
Speech against grain
The idea of personal training she knows about is rejected youth : “I think a lot of young women find it unacceptable. And this is the whole difficulty: are they right? Are they wrong? I’m telling you about my journey – “I know what it’s like to make love without meaning to, because I’ve done it.” – this calls into question the usefulness of legal procedures to restore oneself.
At the risk of offending more than one person: “The only thing I can say to these women is that, unfortunately, filing a complaint will not make us feel better. I think we need to work on ourselves. If we want to be healthy and free, we must not remain in victim positionbecause when you are a victim, you are not free.”
Assuming a performance in front of countercurrent modern feminist demands, Brigitte Lahaie concludes her passage with a radical position on the history of relations between men and women, already anticipating the coming wave of reactions: “This speech will continue to be criticized by me because it contradicts this woman’s faith. And that’s a shame, because I think patriarchy was necessary for the survival of the species: men went to war and were killed, and we were created to be pregnant and have children (…). It was patriarchy.” An unfiltered performance that is likely to once again fuel the debate around consent culture and the evolution of morality.