wikipedia | Various public figures such as Tony Parker, Nicolas Anelka and National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen were pictured making the gesture.[13]
A new trend has emerged, consisting of performing quenelles beside
unwitting public figures identified as members of the establishment
(such as Bernard-Henri Lévy, Pierre Bergé or Manuel Valls[20]) or in front of the media's cameras. TV host Yann Barthès
publicly apologized for quenelles made by someone in the audience
during his show and revealed the identity of the author. Shortly
afterwards, a picture of Yann Barthès himself performing a quenelle
surfaced on social networks. Barthès argued that he didn't know what he
was doing when the picture was taken.[21] Several people have been fired for having published photos of them performing quenelles[22][23] and some people have been assaulted for the same reason.[24] Two teenagers were arrested for having performed a quenelle at school.[25]
While Dieudonné said in August 2013 that "the quenelle had taken on a
life of its own and had become something he could no longer claim as
his exclusively," his wife Noémie Montagne registered the quenelle as a
trademark with the French National Industrial Property Institute.[13][26]
By professional athletes
When French footballer Nicolas Anelka of West Bromwich Albion F.C.
performed the quenelle to celebrate scoring a goal on 28 December 2013,
the gesture, which was already considered "something of a viral trend"
in France,[27] became an international news story and one of the most searched terms on Google.[28]
Anelka described the gesture as anti-establishment rather than
religious in nature, and said he did a quenelle as a "special
dedication" to his friend Dieudonné.[27][29] However, French minister for sport Valérie Fourneyron called his actions "shocking" and "disgusting", adding: "There's no place for anti-Semitism on the football field."[27] A subsequent statement released by West Bromwich said Anelka agreed not to perform the quenelle again,[30] but nevertheless on 27 February 2014, Anelka was banned for five matches and fined £80,000 for this action.[31] In response to the incident, club sponsor Zoopla announced that it would not continue its sponsorship deal with West Bromwich after the 2013–14 season.[29] Dieudonné, who intended to visit and support Anelka in England, was banned from entry to the United Kingdom in February 2014.[32] Anelka was subsequently sacked by West Brom on 15 March 2014.
In November 2013, a photograph of French footballer Mamadou Sakho
performing the quenelle with Dieudonné was discovered. Sakho said he
had been tricked into making a quenelle without knowing its meaning, and
that the photo had been taken six months earlier.[33]
Following the Anelka incident, a photograph surfaced of Tony Parker, a French professional basketball player who currently plays for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association
(NBA), performing the quenelle alongside Dieudonné. Parker apologized,
saying he didn't know at the time that "it could be in any way offensive
or harmful."[34]
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