Death of Jane Birkin: A special tribute deemed “misogynist” does not pass at all with Internet users …

As revealed The Parisian, Jane Birkin was found lifeless at home in Paris on Sunday July 16, 2023. What deeply sadden many Internet users. Some of them also protested against an illustration published on Twitter by the famous cartoonist Plantu just after the announcement of the tragedy. On this one, we can see Serge Gainsbourg, sitting on a big cloud, a cigarette in his mouth and a tear in the corner of his eye, watching the singer coming towards him and saying to him: “I came to tell you… that I’m coming back!”, which is a reference to the singer’s single released in 1973 and taken over twenty years later by the Briton.

“Respecting the dead woman was too hard for you? Bring her back to the status of wife of… (in a reduced model, moreover) and represent her joining, with a light heart, the violent ex…“, “Always a little sad to sum up a woman to the man she left (drawn taller than her)“, “A drawing in homage to Jane where Gainsbourg, the one she left because he beat her (among other things) more than 40 years ago, takes up more space than she… “, could we then read in the space reserved for comments the minutes and hours following this publication.

She suffered with me

As a reminder, during an interview, Serge Gainsbourg had himself acknowledged his violent actions towards Jane Birkin mentioned here by Internet users: “Jane left because of me, I was doing too much abuse, I was going home completely freaked out, I was hitting her. When she yelled at me, I didn’t like it: two seconds too long and boom… She suffered with me, but then it became an eternal affection… “. Together they became parents of a daughter named Charlotte, who is now known to everyone since she in turn became an actress. She has also published with her sister Lou (whom Jane Birkin had with the filmmaker Jacques Doillon, editor’s note) a press release to pay tribute to the actress and singer.

Note that Jane Birkin’s funeral will take place on Monday July 24 at the Saint-Roch church, located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. Many people will be expected on site.