Rachida Brakni (screenshot from LCL commercial)You remember surely.
Cantona is the former French international footballer who called on people to withdraw all their money from their bank accounts.
The suggestion from the newly-discovered "political philosopher" (as one BBC report dubbed him) came during an informal interview with journalists in October.
His idea was that rather than taking to the streets to demonstrate, people could go to the local branch of their bank and withdraw all their money, "Causing the banking system to crumble".
A peaceful protest of sorts to send a message to the whole banking system and financial services which, as far as Cantona was concerned, were at the root of much of the current misery in the world; homelessness, poverty, injustice.
It was a message that quickly found its way on to the Net with a campaign beginning, a date fixed for the "revolution" and financial experts and politicians wading in to urge caution.
The day of protest (December 7) came and went.
The world survived.
But wait.
What about that initial question as to whether Brakni had a problem with her husband's remarks.
After all she must know the guy pretty well. They've been married for the past three years and the couple have a one-year-old son, Emir.
The question has to be asked though because...well what was that commercial the 33-year-old actress appeared in for a couple of weeks back in April this year?
Oh yes. That's right.
It was for one of France's biggest banks LCL (Le Crédit Lyonnais) encouraging people to apply for mortgages - of all things.
Ho hum.
Dinner time in the Cantona-Brakni household must have made for interesting conversation.
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1 comment:
Hypocrisy, that's what it is!
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