Despina Kampouri’s reference to Gay Pride, which has been particularly discussed in recent days, was commented on by Natalia Germanou and her TV company on Alpha’s “It doesn’t get any better than this” on Saturday afternoon.
In fact, immediately after the screening of the said clip from ANT1’s Breakfast, the well-known presenter took the floor and positioned herself as follows. “I will say my own disagreement. Clearly all the people who are on George’s (Liagas’) panel have the right to have an opinion and to express it, even more interestingly when their opinion is different from that of the main presenter, whether it is the same or different, I as a viewer don’t mind.”
“I was bothered by the word aesthetics. The freedom of people, especially a group of people who have been beaten up too much in their lives, I put it in quotes but I take it out because they’ve been beaten up literally and bullied, they’ve been marginalised too many times in their lives. The word aesthetics, when it comes to people’s freedom, doesn’t exist.”
“Aesthetics is about whether the green cushion matches the sofa. We don’t use the word aesthetics to negotiate people’s freedom to express themselves.”
“There is no negotiation for me when it comes to the rights and freedom of people, of every human being. And it’s not a matter of aesthetics and if we talk about exaggeration, maybe they are forced to exaggerate in order to be heard,” Natalia Germanou stressed, finally, on the air of Alpha’s “Better is not possible” at noon on Saturday.
