--- title: Uma Thurman 'Violated' by Lapo Elkann amfAR Kiss at Cannes description: Uma Thurman left a French charity auction Thursday feeling "violated" after an unexpected kiss from former Fiat CEO Lapo Elkann. canonical: https://time.com/4343946/uma-thurman-cannes-auction-lapo-elkman-kiss/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-20T22:03:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:44:11.406Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Uma Thurman 'Feels Violated' After Surprise Kiss at Charity Auction og:description: An Italian entrepenuer snuck a kiss that Thuman is not happy about og:url: https://time.com/4343946/uma-thurman-cannes-auction-lapo-elkman-kiss/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdfc73c33671b03a9/69889430e20a87088ba90eff/uma-thurman-lapo-elkannn.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: CAP D'ANTIBES, FRANCE - MAY 19: Lapo Elkann kisses Uma Thurman during the amfAR's 23rd Cinema Against AIDS Gala at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 19, 2016 in Cap d'Antibes, France. (Photo by Gisela Schober/Getty Images for amfAR ) og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Uma Thurman 'Feels Violated' After Surprise Kiss at Charity Auction twitter:description: An Italian entrepenuer snuck a kiss that Thuman is not happy about twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdfc73c33671b03a9/69889430e20a87088ba90eff/uma-thurman-lapo-elkannn.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Uma Thurman 'Feels Violated' After Surprise Kiss at French Charity Auction by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White May 20, 2016 10:03 PM UTC  Lapo Elkann kisses Uma Thurman during the amfAR's 23rd Cinema Against AIDS Gala at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, France, on May 19, 2016. Lapo Elkann kisses Uma Thurman during the amfAR's 23rd Cinema Against AIDS Gala at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, France, on May 19, 2016.Gisela Schober—Getty Images for amfAR by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White May 20, 2016 10:03 PM UTC Uma Thurman left a French charity auction Thursday [feeling “violated”](http://www.people.com/article/uma-thurman-cannes-amfar-event-kiss) after [an unexpected kiss](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/uma-thurman-violated-kiss-fiat-heir-lapo-elkann-article-1.2644095) from a former Fiat CEO. Thurman hosted the Cannes Film Festival’s annual amfAR (American Foundation for AIDS Research) auction, where Italian businessman Lapo Elkann surprised her with a kiss after winning an auction prize, _People_ reports. A representative for the actress, Leslie Sloane, said that Thurman was not privy to the stunt and felt “very unhappy” about the kiss “It is opportunism at its worst. She wasn’t complicit in it,” Sloan told _People_. “Somewhere in his head he must have thought it an appropriate way of behaving. It clearly wasn’t.” Elkann won the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show experience, which included two tickets to both the show and an exclusive after party, with a winning bid of $196,000—later surprising Thurman with the kiss. A representative for Elkann didn’t comment when reached by the [New York _Daily News_](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/uma-thurman-violated-kiss-fiat-heir-lapo-elkann-article-1.2644095) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4343946/uma-thurman-cannes-auction-lapo-elkman-kiss/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4343946/uma-thurman-cannes-auction-lapo-elkman-kiss/"},"headline":"Uma Thurman 'Feels Violated' After Surprise Kiss at French Charity Auction","datePublished":"2016-05-20T22:03:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:44:11.406Z","description":"An Italian entrepenuer snuck a kiss that Thuman is not happy about","url":"https://time.com/4343946/uma-thurman-cannes-auction-lapo-elkman-kiss/","keywords":["celebrities","France"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdfc73c33671b03a9/69889430e20a87088ba90eff/uma-thurman-lapo-elkannn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdfc73c33671b03a9/69889430e20a87088ba90eff/uma-thurman-lapo-elkannn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"CAP D'ANTIBES, FRANCE - MAY 19: Lapo Elkann kisses Uma Thurman during the amfAR's 23rd Cinema Against AIDS Gala at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 19, 2016 in Cap d'Antibes, France. 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