In April 2023, Blanche Gardin caused immense controversy by revealing that he refused the astronomical check for 200,000 euros to participate in a new season of LOL: Who Laughs, Comes Out, the game hosted by Philippe Lacheau on the Amazon Prime platform and which is a great success. The committed comedian had posted a long and heavy column on Facebook, in which she violently attacked Jeff Bezos, boss of Amazon, and the great rich of our planet: “I understood that it was only a single day of filming, only that day, I had a dentist (…) I would be embarrassed to the core (not to say it would really hurt my ass) to be paid 200,000 euros for a day’s work even if I lose at your gamewhen the charity of my choice would win 50,000 euros, that is to say four times less, and even then, only if I win”. A diatribe which had heavily tainted the show, and which had pushed several stars to backtrack and not participate in the long-awaited season 4.
Indeed, as revealed by journalist Clément Garin and confirmed by The Parisian, Gilles Lellouche, Guillaume Canet, Camille Cottin and Marion Cotillard were starters to participate in this show, but the controversy triggered by Blanche Gardin made them turn away. Despite this, Philippe Lacheau still managed to put together a new team of candidates, and not the least, since the advanced casting proved attractive. Indeed, this Sunday January 7, 2024, The Parisian reveals the identity of the nine personalities who agreed to participate in the show, which will now no longer offer 50,000 euros to the victorious association, but double that. So, Audrey Lamysister of Alexandra Lamy who won the very first season, will be there and will face two big names in French cinema: Jerome Commander And Marina Fois. Alongside them, comedians specializing in stand-up or social networks, such as McFly and Carlito, Alban Ivanov, Alison Wheeler And Redouane Bougheraba. Finally, Jean-Pascal Zadiseen on Netflix in particular, completes and closes this casting.