Fabien Lecoeuvre attacks Hoshi's physique: the singer answers him on the set of "It's up to you"
Fabien Lecoeuvre, radio and television columnist, was the guest of the webradio Arts-Mada on Wednesday April 7th. During this interview, the former press attaché expressed his regret regarding the lack of "beautiful guys" and "sublime girls" in the landscape of French song. To illustrate his point, he took the singer Hoshi as an example. “You put a poster of Hoshi in your room, do you? But she is scary,” he said. While acknowledging that he had "nothing against this girl" whom he describes as "great and talented", he however suggested "that she give her songs to sublime girls".
“It really hurt my heart very much”
Invited on the set of “C à vous” on France 5 this Tuesday, April 13, the singer Hoshi reacted to the comments made by the 62-year-old columnist. “Frankly, it hurts my heart. It's not normal to hear that on TV in 2021 and it's deeply hurtful for me, for my family, for the people who listen to me, it's hard," she said. "I didn't cry about it, but it really hurt my heart a lot, because I think it hurts too... Finally, there are 15-year-old people who want to start in music and who are going to see that and in fact, beyond what he says, it's something that happens all the time in this society and in this environment. And it is serious to allow comments like that to be made. It can discourage some young people who do not have confidence in themselves, ”commented the singer.
"Clumsy words"
Hoshi, Mathilde Gerner of her real name, was rewarded with a platinum disc for her title Ta Marinière, released in 2018, and gold discs for her singles I find you a crazy charm and Amour censure, both published in 2019. Also an author and composer, it was first on Twitter that she responded to Fabien Lecoeuvre. “So serious to say this kind of thing,” she wrote. “We offer him a poster or a mirror? I hesitate”. A few hours later, the one who is also a columnist for the program Touche pas à mon poste! attempted a mea culpa. “Good evening Hoshi, a thousand apologies for these clumsy words taken out of context and which may have hurt you. I was simply relating a difference in times when record companies and audiences paid much more attention to the physicality of artists than today, ”he wrote, signing in particular with a heart emoji.
Missed apologies?
His message only inflamed Hoshi's anger. “But is it actually a joke? You are still talking about my physique. Mind-blowing. It's because of people like you that young people give up their dreams, not because of the record companies,” she told him. "I don't want you in my concerts. My concerts are safe places for my audience. Your words are too serious for you to be a good person, ”she wrote in another publication.
Lots of support
In addition to many Internet users, several famous personalities such as journalists Hugo Clément and Rémy Buisine, or feminist activist Alice Coffin have supported Hoshi on social networks. Many French musicians also reacted, taking up in their Instagram stories the publication of the Prepare for the fight account, which analyzes sexist discourse in the media. Thus, Flore Benguigui of the group L'Impératrice, Yseult, Camelia Jordana, Pomme or Angèle have made it known that they support Hoshi. Louane even said she was "collapsed to see the hypocrisy, the gratuitous wickedness, the aggressiveness, the lack of respect but above all the violence of these remarks" which she considers "to vomit". Clara Luciani meanwhile directly insulted Fabien Lecoeuvre. "Shame on you. You are vomiting. You are the monster, the ugly, the error. It's the pin-ups that we hang on the walls to look pretty, not the artists, ”she told him.
This article published on April 8 has been modified.
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