Actress Corinne Masiero stripped butt naked at 'French Oscars' to protest closure of movie theaters
FRENCH actress Corinne Masiero shocked the audience when she stripped naked at an awards ceremony in Paris to protest the closure of movie theaters during the pandemic.
While on stage to present the trophy for best costume, the 57-year-old wore a donkey outfit and a blood-stained dress before whipping it off to show two messages written on her body.
The César Awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars, is normally the biggest night on the French cinema calendar.
However, this year it was a scaled-back version of its usual self with no red carpet due to the coronavirus pandemic.
After announcing the award, Corinne pulled off her outfit to reveal “no culture no future” written on her chest and “give us art back Jean” on her back.
In a message to the prime minister, Jean Castex, Corinne was protesting against the government’s closure of theatres and cinemas.
Hosting the event was Marina Foïs, one of France’s best known comedians, who also criticized the decision to shut entertainment venues.
She said: “They cooped up our youngsters, closed our cinemas and theaters and banned concerts so that they could open churches, because we’re a secular country, so that old people could go to church."
After hearing about the naked protest, many French citizens took to Twitter to share their support for the actress.
One fan tweeted: “If you talk about #CorinneMasiero, please, everyone has understood that she has a thousand times more balls than the little courtiers of Marshal President who is destroying our country.”
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A second added: “One hell of a pair of balls, Thank you #CorinneMasiero. Give the world back to women!"
But a third felt this kind of protest wouldn’t help the cause by tweeting: “Do not ask yourself the question, we have missed you a lot this year and the others too.
"Yes, French cinema is dying, but not from the Covid. #CorinneMasiero has just given it the final blow.”
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