She may be a popular actress in the hearts of the French, but the president of the Miss France 2026 jury is no match when young girls arrive… The proof with this humiliating scene that she has just told.
Like many women, in show business or not, Michèle Bernier was confronted with sexism on a daily basis. Invited on the Téva set, the actress and future president of the jury for the Miss France 2026 final on TF1 shared the anecdote which remains, for her, the most revealing of this reality.
Michèle Bernier eclipsed during filming: “It’s over, no one talks to me anymore“
According to the 69-year-old actress, sexism creeps into the most trivial details of everyday life. “Even if only when we get older. There is a moment in relationships between men and women where we are a little weightless. We don’t exist much anymore“, she gave as an example. And the star of the series The Intern to relate a humiliating scene experienced in the past on a film set, which demonstrates ordinary sexism.
“THISI happened to find myself on a set and I talk with actors, people… I’m a bit alone. Then we laugh. And a woman much younger than me arrives. And it’s over, no one talks to me anymore“, recounted Michèle Bernier. Fortunately, with already 40 years of career in the artistic world, the daughter of the late Professor Choron has learned to armor herself.
Michèle Bernier stands up against sexism: “We have to show that we are there“
But out of the question for the comedian and resident of Big Heads to blame women younger than her. For Michèle Bernier, “the cursor is elsewhere. But this person has nothing to do with it. This young woman really has nothing to do with it. She didn’t come in and say, ‘That’s it, I’m the queen.'” The actress and mother of two children – Charlotte and Enzo Gaccio, her double – also pointed out another form of sexism still very present in society.
“But there is one thing where I find it sexist. The way of doing things, of thinking about women about certain roles in their lives… There are ages in their lives where they have roles. And from the moment they don’t fill this role, we don’t care a bit” she explained. And to Bruno Gaccio’s former companion to proclaim: “We have to show that we are there!“
