Guest of the portrait of the week in “Sept à Huit” this Sunday September 14 on TF1, Omar Sy delivered a straightforward interview to Audrey Crespo-Mara. Asked about how society perceives him, the actor said: “I’m going to be very honest with you if we talk about racism. I experience much more racism in France than in the United States.”
The journalist returned to the commitments that marked her career: her support for the Black Lives Matter movement, her speaking out after the death of Adama Traoré and the young Nahel. “It’s a good probe. This allows you to see the height of the tensions. It allows us to see where the country is in relation to these subjects,” replied Omar Sy, who assumes to remain faithful to his convictions.
“My shirt is still white”
The actor also returned to the rumor of a new altercation with SNCF agents, relayed by “Valeurs Actuelles” last July before being denied. “Just to show. Because at that point, they’re telling this story that’s completely false. It doesn’t affect me personally. These people who are tense, ultimately, they are the ones who have a problem. My life is going well.” And to conclude on a philosophical note: “As they say, lies take the elevator. The truth takes the stairs. But at some point it comes out.”
For Omar Sy, these attacks above all reveal a tense climate in the public debate: “They liked it so much to be able to say that about me. That they went all out, trying to stain my shirt. But ladies and gentlemen, my shirt is still white.”
