2 days ago, a video was uncovered about Bilal Hassani. 2015 was a not good year for France. In that video, Bilal Hassani was dancing and we know that video was taken after terror attacks in France. He said while dancing: "France has suffered a lot, attacks here and there attacks" .
You can watch it from here.
Than, the Senator of the Alpes-Maritimes Henri Leroy wrote a letter and sent it to the jury of Destination Eurovision André Manoukian, Vitaa and Christophe Willem.
''Ladies and gentlemen
Like so many people, I discovered Bilal Hassani's video. Bilal was ridiculing the terrorist attacks that killed many people in Paris.
His behavior is worthless after terrorist attacks.
As a jury, I ask you to intervene in order for Bilal Hassani to withdraw from your competition. This is a very sad example for the individual youth and encourages the trivialization of terrorism''
And Bilal Hassani said something about that statements:
''Internet trolls who know very well what they are doing, they want to see me fall. On November 13, the same told me that I should have died exploded that day. I have complained against eighteen Twitter accounts. These accusations are extremely hurtful for me, I am French and I suffered a lot in 2015, like everyone else. The attacks of November 13 and Charlie Hebdo broke my heart.''