And of course nobody forces you to listen to her. That had partly been my point. Why digg up a random comment made in some TV programme that aired during the night on, I believe, cable more than a year earlier?! That was the only reason it was talked about all over the world and people were only then “forced” to listen to her.

Still, I continue to state that she was re-telling an existing theory she had seen. She admits to being fascinated and addicted to the theories, but never to actually believe them. She says “and I ask myself. But, in any case, I don’t believe everything that I’m told, that’s for sure.”

Secondly, it always makes me laugh when sites like this claim we have to listen to her spout her drivel because of her right to free speech, yet we are not free to exercise our own rights when criticizing her stupidity. If she didn’t want to weather a firestorm of criticism, she should have kept her mouth shut. I have just as much right to call her an idiot as she has to defame individuals as mass-murderers.

And another reference that I found to be comical was the whole “she is a free speech martyr just like the Dixie Chicks” crap. No one censored the Dixie Chicks. Again, individuals are free to criticize idiots just as well as cowardly idiots are free to bash the United States on foreign soil. Private citizens decided not to buy their albums or attend their concerts; private radio stations made a business decision not to play their songs. Their rights were not trampled. And it is ridiculous to claim otherwise, unless you think appearing nude on the cover of Entertainment Weekly is somehow indicative of a widespread attempt to silence them. They were martyrs in their own mind and they need to see a psychiatrist concerning their prosecution complex.
Of course, in the end they ended up issuing a weak apology because they didn’t like the damage they had done to their careers, which is exactly why Marion Cotillard apologized. It was no act of contrition, rather she saw the potential damage to her career and decided to apologize to those that may have been offended.

@Amy: I don’t want to make any assumptions as to whether Marion “loves America” – or not, as you suggested. I don’t think either of us know, really. However, if, as you say, Marion “only wants to work in the country that has the largest movie industry in terms of capital and distribution reach,” why in God’s name would she then bite the very hand that feeds her? A little common sense is in order here.

I hope Marion is able to overcome this on a personal as well as a professional level (provided there really is something to professionally overcome – which there shouldn’t be). I see this kind of twisting of information all the time, and it irks me to no end. Only the other day I came across literally hundreds of articles claiming Natalie Portman will only do “charity interviews” from now on; what she, in fact, said was that upon being interviewed she’d rather talk about her work for microfinance charity organization FINCA than what she’s wearing or who she’s dating. Does that mean she will only do “charity interviews” from now on? Um. Like. No. (Not to mention that the term “charity interview” is most ambiguous.) I mean, pretty harmless stuff compared to what the media has done to Marion’s statement, but it’s a prime example of how the celebrity media can’t be trusted.

In my opinion, anyone who believes Marion intentionally went public to make anti-American statements is actively seeking for malicious garbage-worthy gossip of this kind (and needs a slapper, hee).

And this is not a board – it is a fansite built up by me alone and so it is my tribute to Marion and I have the right to decide which comments go through. If a comment doesn’t appear right away it doesn’t mean it won’t eventually. At the moment any comment left by someone that hasn’t previously commented is awaiting moderation. So it depends on how long it takes till I’m coming online again. Also there are quite a number of approved comments here on the site concerning this matter that I’m not agreeing with. And don’t claim to know what the rest would have said. No way they could have been left by fans!