Gerard Depardieu is under reflectors again, not for a new film but for a shocking statement he made to the British media.The actor has granted an interview to British "Independent Magazine from his tax exile between Belgium and Russia, He admitted to having killed and then eaten two lions in Africa, he stated that his killing the two felines was for "legitimate defence".
Depardieu said " I did not have a choice" and that they had to shoot the lions when his car broke down at a safari. "We broke down along a track in the savannah in Burkina Faso.
The two lions place themselves in front of us and did not want to move. After some hours in the car, the driver an "African was terrified," he said. "At this point we had no choice: we had to knock them down".
And when the ugly adventure became suspicious to the interviewer who then asked him"But did you eat them", and the actor, known for its adventurous culinary spirit, replied: "Yes".
Depardieu also made another confession to "Independent Magazine",claiming that he was forced to pee in a bottle at an airport because of a flight delay which prevented him from going to the restroom . "I was in desperate need of the restroom", we had a delay of three quarters of an hour, there were seven planes in a row before us. The hostess blocked me with her foot".Then "I peed in a bottle", but "fortunately all the police officers in Dublin airport know me.
