. >> jaques hollande joines us. depardieu has been complaining about the taxes for years. why is he leaving now? >> maybe he is going to sell his big house for 50 million euro and he did not want to pay capital gains tax on it. it is a house he bought for very little money or something like 7 million euro 30 years ago and now he wants to sell it. he wants to give up his nationality is because of all of this uncertainty. the prime minister called him ascetic. depardieu is the verio spoken man. he was a big supporter of nicolas sarkozy. maybe years trying to make a political statement at the same time. >> he is certainly outspoken. does he have a point or is he being a drama queen? 75% tax rate is causing a lot of anchor. >> it is over 1 million euro per year. it was a symbolic gesture that will effect a few thousand people in france, of any bill send the wrong signal saying in france we penalize successful people when they make too much money. at the same time, it was a sergeant from the government. it would last only two years. they are in a crisis. this to be the biggest