Olivier Delacroix tackles feminists "far too radical"

Guest of the show The Figaro at night, Olivier Delacroix, documentary filmmaker and host of the France 2 program In Olivier’s eyes, sharply criticized the positions “far too radical” of some feminist activists.

During a nocturnal walk in the streets of Paris with Thibaut Gauthier for the needs of the show Le Figaro at night, Olivier Delacroix addressed several subjects including the tragedy of his life: the death of his son. After losing his dad, the documentary filmmaker was struck by the death of his two-month-old baby boy from a serious heart defect. A drama that he rarely mentions in the media. “When you lose a child, it’s something that shatters you, something that makes you doubt the meaning of your life, the meaning of everything. And then, you live an infinite vertiginous fall, and you wonder when it will stop. And there are times, you think: ‘It has to stop’. It doesn’t mean that I wanted to kill myself, but if my heart had stopped at that moment, it would have greatly relieved me.“, he confided. After agreeing to engage in this drama, Olivier Delacroix addressed the issue of feminist activists. And the least we can say is that he did not chew his words !

Olivier Delacroix: his fed up with the positions of certain feminist activists

During his passage through Le Figaro at night, Olivier Delacroix, known to be without language of wood, did not fail to say what he thought of feminists. If he confided in his admiration for women, he nevertheless admitted that he had some fed up with the positions of certain activists. “I don’t feel like a feminist at all“, he assured at first. “These days, they piss me off more than anything else“, he added, then specifying that it was only a handful of feminists who “far too radical positions“. Opinions that sell according to the documentary filmmaker. The latter then claimed that he felt attacked when feminists “put all men in the same bag“. And to add:It happens many times. There are feminists today for whom every man is a bastard. And it’s these extremist feminists that bother me“.

“There’s something about feminists that bothers me deeply“

This is not the first time that the documentary filmmaker has mentioned his disdain for feminists. On the occasion of the release of the documentary “They broke the codes”, the third part of the documentary collection The fightersOlivier Delacroix had indicated a few years ago in an interview with Current wife that he didn’t consider himself a feminist, and for good reason. “There’s something about feminists that bothers me deeply (…) There is a radical side to feminists. On the radio, there are some that often tire me. Still, I think I’m not open to attack on anything. They always find fault with everything“.

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