Congolese singer Maitre Gims explains on the controversy of the Pyramids of Egypt

 Léa Salamé unavoidably questioned the singer on his statements about energy and the Egyptian pyramids.

Maitre Gims

Gims justified himself on the set of Quelle époque! on France 2 Saturday May 27 after his contentious statements about the Egyptian pyramids two months earlier.

The artist stated in an interview for the Oui Hustle show, which aired on YouTube on March 22, that the Egyptians had an electrical system since Antiquity, which was powered by the pyramids: "the pyramids that we see, top there is gold, and gold is the finest conductor for electricity... They had antennae! Historians are aware that people had access to electricity." He was not the first to mention a conspiracy hypothesis.

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"This was a nearly two-hour interview." It wasn't an Egypt interview (...) "I talked about my life, my career, and there was exactly a minute and 37 seconds about Egypt," Gims started on the set by Lea Salame. "Yes, but to say what?" asks the interviewer, who had previously asked him in the beginning if he "really" believed in the thesis he is presenting.

"As an example, consider Africa," responds the 37-year-old musician. " I was talking about Africa before, about unification, ideals, and solidarity. And I used the pyramids as an example because they're interesting, mysterious, and thrilling. So it served as a model for Africa: "Look at what they manage to do, it's insane."

"Do you affirm it?" asks a confused Christophe Dechavanne. "It's a theory," he says. "Conspiratorial," Léa Salamé swiftly adds.

"EDF speaks of 2,000 years of association with them before Jesus Christ," Gims then quips, paraphrasing the wording of the amusing advertising that EDF had created following his statements.

On set, we question him again, "In truth, you maintain?" "I cannot say that there was electricity at the tops of the pyramids," the artist responds. "I won't be able to sign it on paper." Egypt, in my opinion, should remain an intriguing and mysterious topic. (...) It surprised me that it had taken on such significance."

"But it's because you have millions of followers, millions of young people who listen to you," Léa Salamé says.