It was in 2019 that viewers got to know him. Facing Jean-Luc Reichmann, a young man with glasses presents himself in the 12 shots of noon to unpack his immense general knowledge and his ease in answering the most difficult questions. Arrived in April 2019 in the game TF1, Paul El Kharrat
will stay there for 153 days and pocket the sum of 691,522 euros in winnings and gifts.
Since his elimination in 2020, the genius has not been forgotten, far from it. He regularly officiates in The Big Heads on RTL
with Laurent Ruquier, writes books, and even participates in numerous telecrochets such as, recently, traitors on M6. But that doesn’t take away from the disorder he was diagnosed with at age 16. Indeed, Paul El Kharrat was diagnosed with Asperger’s autism. And this disorder makes his daily life very complicated.
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Paul El Kharrat still suffers from his disorder
In an interview given to our colleagues at Closer
to be published this Friday, January 12, 2024, he has also made worrying revelations about his state of health. “My head never stops thinking. It’s very violent”he first confided before promising: “I nevertheless try to tolerate it since I experience it much more acutely.” Despite everything, being “never totally ready for this violence” who is in him, he is “perpetually surprised by its infinite degree”.
Our colleagues then wanted to know how the violence mentioned manifests itself on a daily basis. The opportunity for Paul El Kharrat not to be the most reassuring… “These are physical and psychological desires for violence. Desires for murder towards the people who are directly or indirectly responsible for my torments, my misfortunes”he says frankly before regretting: “I never felt understood”. This is why he feels the need to express himself in the media. So that “people can [l] e discover.” “Afterwards, everyone is free to be in a comprehensive and intelligent interpretation, without ever falling into excessive pathos”he concluded.
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