To this, Omar Sy replies being “surprised that people are so affected. Does that mean that when it’s in Africa, you are less affected?“. The actor continues: “Me, I feel threatened in the same way when it is in Iran, or in Ukraine. A war is humanity sinking, even when it’s on the other side of the world,” he said.
“When it’s far away, we say to ourselves that ‘over there, they are savages, we don’t do that anymore’. Like the Covid, at the beginning, we said: ‘It’s only the Chinese‘” he explains.
“We remember that man is capable of invading, of attacking civilians, children. We have the impression that we have to wait for Ukraine to realize this“, concludes Omar Sy.
French soldiers killed in combat in the Sahel
It was these remarks that aroused the indignation of many people who expressed their anger on social networks. Several people attacked him, in particular by recalling the death of 58 French soldiers in the Sahel.
This is the case of the deputy of Loiret who considers that he is “indecent to divide the country from his Californian villa on such a subject“.
???? How many refugees has Omar Sy welcomed into his home?
Who is he to give lessons to the French, 58 of whose soldiers died in combat in Africa?
It is indecent to divide the country from his Californian villa on such a subject. @BFMTV pic.twitter.com/bxsACpKD8K— Thomas Menage (@Thomas_Mng) January 2, 2023
Another Internet user is also irritated by the easy situation of Omar Sy but also by the tweet of the deputy of LFI Clémentine Autain, who welcomed the message of the actor.
From his luxurious Californian villa Omar Sy allows himself to criticize the French on their perception of the wars in Africa where our soldiers left their lives! That this actor is a cretin is a fact but that a deputy approves his words is unworthy of an elected representative of the Rep!
– Rafaelle22 (@ ramona33193314) January 1, 2023
Nathalie Loiseau, Macronist MEP, also expresses her anger at the deaths of French soldiers in combat once morest the jihadists: “No, Omar Sy, the French are not “less affected” by what is happening “in Africa”. Some gave their lives so that Malians stop being threatened by terrorists“, she writes.
There are 58 French soldiers who died in the Sahel fighting once morest the jihadists. No, Omar Sy, the French are not “less affected” by what is happening “in Africa”. Some have given their lives so that Malians stop being threatened by terrorists. https://t.co/tnylXh8QjZ
— Nathalie Loiseau (@NathalieLoiseau) January 1, 2023
The deputy of Yvonne, Julien Odoul, also got annoyed on Twitter at the words of the French actor, accusing “Showbiz starlet Omar Sy” of “giving lessons” without being interested in the African conflicts.
Others have nuanced the words of Omar Sy, such as Bruno Tertrais, deputy director of the FRS.
Yes, and that’s perfectly human. Just as the Congolese felt more affected by the conflicts in Kivu than by those in Yugoslavia. https://t.co/OhVf0JeUV1
— Bruno Tertrais (@BrunoTertrais) January 1, 2023
