“I’m the only one in the world to say it”: Muriel Robin denounces homophobia in cinema, shock on the set of What a time!

Muriel Robin was, this Saturday, September 16, in What an era! on France 2, with Pierre Arditi, to discuss their piece Rabbit which they will soon play at the Théâtre Edouard VII. But it was also about cinema. “Is this lack of a film career attached to something you regret saying when you were younger?”asked Christophe Dechavanne, referring to his coming out. “Thirty years later, I am practically sure (that yes)”replied Muriel Robin. “I am the only actress in the world to say she is homosexual!”she repeated. “Jodie Foster, she was silent for thirty years”recalled Muriel Robin to Léa Salamé who seemed surprised by such an assertion. “She hid, and the day she came out, she said: ‘And too bad now if my films no longer come out in 3,000 theaters, but I’ll be able to live my love out in the open!’“she added.

“French gay actors are silent”, assures Muriel Robin

The actress continued her demonstration by mentioning the case of Kristen Stewart who was first in a relationship with a man, Robert Pattinson. “She has the heterosexual stamp, so her homosexuality is a little sexy, a little rock, a little ‘She might not stay there, she’s still straight’“, analyzed Muriel Robin, then considering that she had looked at the very well-known film actresses who have communicated about their homosexuality. She does not forget Ellen DeGeneres, but recalls that her television series was stopped after her coming out. “I know French gay actors, but of course they keep quiet, otherwise we will never put a woman in their arms again“continued the former friend of Pierre Palmade. “Name me, in the world, an actor or actress (openly homosexual) who has had a great career?”asked the one who believes that we are still “in the old days”.

For Muriel Robin, we must tell young homosexual actors that “it’s not worth it” to try to make films

Continuing his reasoning on the set of What an era!Muriel Robin regretted the fact that “if you are homosexual, we are not desirablewe are not penetrable”. “And when we are not penetrable in this society, and in cinema, we are worthless!”said Anne Le Nen’s wife seriously. “If you are old, you are no longer penetrated, if you are ugly, you are no longer penetrated”, continued the 68-year-old actress. She goes even further by believing that young homosexual actresses and comedians must be told “that it’s not worth it”. “There’s no point in them doing this job, they won’t work, they won’t make films”, she concluded categorically. Enough to shock Léa Salamé who said: “Are you serious here?” The comedian responds that in thirty years, she has only made two comedies for the cinema and received only eight offers. She therefore draws a sad conclusion. “For those who arrive, who are homosexual, don’t let them wait thirty years if it happens like it did for me… May it have served a purpose,” she exclaimed to justify these comments which may be shocking. Disagreeing, Pierre Arditi has another theory. “Cinema people don’t know what to do with you, because they lack imagination and they’re idiots”he concluded.

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