Vanity Fair France has commented after editing a photo of Guy Pearce at the Cannes Film Festival wearing a pin of the Palestinian flag. Pearce appeared at the film festival to support his new film, The Shrouds . During the red carpet premiere, the actor wore a pin supporting Palestine.
The actor posed for a portrait to be featured in Vanity Fair France and later appeared in an Instagram post. However, the magazine’s website shared a modified version of the picture. Social media users noticed Vanity Fair France edited out Pearce’s pin.
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The original version was posted on Instagram the same day. We have rectified our mistake and we apologize,” read the apology from Vanity Fair France. Bonsoir.
Nous avons publié par erreur sur le site une version modifiée de cette photo. La version originale avait été publiée sur Instagram le même jour. Nous avons rectifié notre erreur, nous présentons toutes nos excuses.
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