John Galliano at 50 years old should know better than to kick up a fuss in a public Paris bar when the paparazzi are always lurking around, and nothing can go a miss with todays’ technology.
The innocent people who were enjoying a quiet afternoon out filmed the former creative directors’ explosion of anger as his career and name deteriorated in front of them.
Crying out as he finished of one of many drinks, “people like you should be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers, would all be fucking gassed”. He also claimed that he loved Hitler, which he proved by shouting anti-Semitic comments. The funny thing is, if you can see a funny side to this, is that they wasn’t even Jewish?
I don’t understand who Galliano thinks he is passing comment on a sensitive subject and personally attacking these people, I’m surprised we didn’t hear the famous “do you know who I am?” phrase, although after this I wouldn’t be surprised if he had used it in the past.
The sad thing is, this wasn’t the first time it happened as a week before in another bar, and surprise surprise after another few drinks he attacked a woman – who was French telling her she had a ‘dirty Jew face’ and threatened to kill her friend who was Asian. Seriously? He’s the one in the foreign country being insulting to the locals, dare I say someone might be a bit of a hypocrite? To be honest with attacks like these it was about time he was suspended by the fashion label, Dior.
Being associated with such a racist could seriously affect the label, it has been said that Natalie Portman- the face of Dior’s Miss Dior Cherie fragrance, was to wear a Dior dress to the Oscars, but with being proud to be of a Jewish origin decided against it and wore a Rodarte dress instead. If only he could handle his drink and control his opinions, although I’m sure Dior have quite a few opinions of him now though.
It may be a bit strong of me to call him a fashion disgrace after his actions, but I’m going to do it anyway! Fashion is something that all countries and cultures can share, and as the front man of one of Paris’ leading Fashion houses he should know better and keep those opinions to himself and not use them against the public – his fans.
Useful links:
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/02/28/censored-natalie-portman%E2%80%99s-oscar-frock-horror/
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3436757/Film-of-John-Gallianos-racist-rant-in-bar.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8350738/John-Galliano-rant-caught-on-film.html
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