Marion Cotillard -- Why We Hate the French

Oscar bitch Marion Cotillard must think Americans don't know French so she can pretend she didn't say what she said. Well, she said it.

Her Paris-based lawyer, Vincent Toledano, tried spinning his client's comment about 9/11, claiming she was taken out of context.

But we've looked at the original transcript and she did indeed say that Americans destroyed the Twin Towers themselves because they wanted it rebuilt and blowing it up was cheaper than renovation.

Marion -- foie gras you.

UPDATE: Cotillard's rep has released the following statement to TMZ: "On February 16, 2007, I appeared on a late night French television program,'Paris Dernière.' In the last 48 hours, my statements on that program have been taken completely out of context and been crafted into a story that hasn o merit. The conversation on the talk show included a dialogue about
conspiracy theories. At no point did I intend to contest the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001, one of the most tragic days in all of history. Nonetheless, I sincerely regret if my comments offended or hurt anyone."


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91. The French helped the US in the war of independance, France gave to the US alot of states...


And French were against war in Iraq since the beginning... So stop bashing French people and listen to them. Period.


Posted at 2:52PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by no parla englese

92. ALL YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT CONSPIRACY THEORIES...WHY DID EL QUIDA AND OSAMA BIN LADDEN TAKE CREDIT FOR IT IF WE DID IT???? AL GORE HAS YOU ALL BRAINWASHED..WAS THE PENTAGON PLANNED TOO..SHOW ME PROOF!!!!

Posted at 3:16PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by nuff_said

93. "THE CHINESE ARE COMING, YOU BETTER START LEARNING TO SPEAK MANDARIN YOU BUNCH OF UNILINGUAL MORONS".

Well they better hurry because the Arabs are already here running our gas stations..

Posted at 2:55PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Stacy

94. Well we did destroy it ourselves but not cause we wanted it rebuilt. It was in order to further push and accelerate plans for American Leaders to dominate the world.

Posted at 2:57PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by BUSH IS A WAR CRIMINAL

95. Stupid girl!

Posted at 8:24PM on Mar 7th 2008 by It's me Kelli-fat,lazy,welfare mom,with NO life,NO man and NO class!

96. THIS IS SIMPLE

same as you, Harv, this ignorant Academy Award Winning twunt is entitled to her opinion. no one has to like it or accept it, but she is certainly welcome to express it. i know its gross to be so 'in your face' with it...kinda like your stalkerazzi whores...no one likes em, but there they are.

actually this one did not piss me off...i laughed at the irony of it! im amazed that anything offends you.


besides, do we really care?? 911 is so Osama, arent we into the age of Iraq now??

Weapons of Mass what??? i think they washed away in the hurricane.

PeacE

Posted at 3:04PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by harveysmomma

97. Lazy lying French. They get 5 weeks vacation a year the first year on a job, get jobs for lifetime and work 30 hour work weeks.

They are a lazy people. It is good to see Muslims taking over their Country and the nice thing is there isnt a thing the French can do about it. It will be great when radical Islams take over that place and teach them all a lesson. Watch and see, while the French slept the Muslims were reproducing. For every French baby there are now 5 Muslim babies being born---buh bye French way of life.

Posted at 3:07PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by DeGaulle was a Communist

98. a blogger in the Ohio Enquirer challenged Obama followers to do their own research on Obama and it made me realize that although i was supporting him, I really knew nothing about the man except what his callers told me and what i heard on tv from the people who favor him, so i did do some work on him, and i am no longer an Obama supporter. I still cant believe i was treating an issue as important as electing a president like i order breakfast at McDees - - - - it looks good, so why not try it.

I quickly found out that even after learning his church supported Farrakan, he choose to stay with that church instead of leaving.
i quickly learned his own campaign manager confirms that he is friendly with the Weather Underground guy.
I quickly learned that Obama's grandmother (his dad's mother) lives in poverty in Kenya while Obama lives in the United States in a house that costs over a million and a half dollars. If he thinks so little of his own grandmother, just how much concern can i expect from him about my family and me?

Posted at 3:09PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by we got an election to worry about

99. HEY # 87 WHAT YOU SAY IS DUMBER THAN WHAT MS. COTILLARD SAID

Posted at 5:17PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by harveysmomma

100. Hey fendergirl....how about getting a clue before you perpetuate further lies about the conspiracy of 9/11 okay? You're totally off-base and so is your ignorant hubby.

TMZ should post an email address to either the French twit or the French twit's manager where the American public can express themselves.

Posted at 3:11PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by CrystalBlue

101. How unpatriotic! She should never set foot in New York City or they will make her feel what she is...a stupid ,Rosie O Donnell, idiotic rambling wannabe!! This is why she along with O Donnell should leave America and never come back. How hurtful to the families and survivors. Any idiot in science class knows that aluminum melts and looses its integrity with intense heat (that was caused by the fuel from the burning jets and the buildings itself). The Government can't lie about factual science and change the anatomy of an atom. DUH!! I think Rosie is on here right now blogging about her distasteful propaganda out of bitterness and just plain spoiledness. She is so egotistic she will never admit wrong doing!! She would rather take the ship down with her.. What an embarrassment.. GO LIVE IN FRANCE IF ITS SO BAD HERE DUMMY!!

Posted at 3:13PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by uShouldBashamed..

102. For all of your conspiracy theorists, are you kidding me? So, the cameras who caught the planes hitting the Towers was all constructed on some Hollywood sound stage? All of the proof we have including the frantic phone calls made from Flight 93 saying a terrorist hijacked the plane is all a lie? You are out of your minds and, frankly, very scary!

Where were you on 9/11? Were you wondering if you would ever see your father or brother again because they worked in the heart of DC? Have you been to Ground Zero? The Pentagon memorial? No, probably not. You live in little caves, read socialist magazines, jack off, smoke pot, and haven't ever seen daylight. I feel really sorry for you ...

Posted at 3:14PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Karen in VA

103. You people are all idiots. What does her acting have to do with any of this? Her personal beliefs are just that. Personal. Secondly!!!!!! I agree with her 100% in that the towers going down was an inside job. I just dont think it was for the reasons she states. I think it was more about OIL!!!!! and a stupid no sense war that has killed a lot more americans than the Twin towers falling did!!! Idiots, but what else can i expect from people that read TMZ all day!

C.

Posted at 4:11PM on Mar 9th 2008 by C.

104. Karen A in the beautiful state of Virginia..AMEN!!

Posted at 3:17PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Mandy

105. Are you voluntarily lying to yourself, or just naive? She never said planes did not hit the towers. Manipulating the information is wrong. Did you actually see the interview she gave? You probably don't even speak French. Staged terror has been used over and over again by your governement. 9/11 would actually be the exception if the official story turned out to be true. You better wake up and get the information, because you are being abused by your governement like a little boy.

I'm a french guy, and my dream is to live in the USA cuz I love this country and people who live there, but when I see this title " Why we hate the french" it really makes me sad. Marion is a great actress and I'm sure she loves America and that she's really greatful for the Oscar.

Hope you'll change your mind and no, not all the French hate america,it's a really smart part of the population, all my friends wanna go there and they love this country, most of people I know do, so stop saying things you don't know. Many french people think americans hate the french but when i've been there i told my everyone I could that it wasn't true at all.

Bye, Fred.

Posted at 5:09PM on Mar 4th 2008 by L.A_Paris

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