He has been making millions of people laugh for many years and will no doubt continue to make his fans smile and twist their stomachs for a long time to come. Despite the passing years, Jamel Debbouze does not change. He still crunches life to the fullest, keeps his eternal smile and demonstrates optimism. This Sunday July 3, in an interview granted to seven to eightthe companion of Mélissa Theuriau has made several revelations about his life and in particular the tender second and third names of his children.
By answering Audrey Crespo-Mara’s questions, he also wanted to give his opinion on France, this country he loves so much and which he never ceases to thank for the love he has been able to give her. But what does he think of his progress? Or rather, the soaring rise of the National Front and the political ideas of his compatriots? “I have the impression that we trade in everything that does not progress and everything that does not progress. And opposing us sells”he first explains to the journalist before giving a concrete example: “the last presidential elections we had the impression that one in two French people was racist because they voted for Le Pen. But I am sure that France is not racist”.
Leon and Lila
But this is an illusion. For Jamel Debbouze, France is not racist. The fact that Marine Le Pen passes to the second round was simply “a poverty vote, a complaint against Macron. I don’t want to believe that France is racist. It’s impossible for me to think that”. And the proof that the comedian wants to do everything to help this “old lady”, as he likes to call his country so much, is undoubtedly the choice of first names for his children.
A choice that has divided many. Some took it as proof of assimilation and others as betrayal. Indeed, her little boy is called Léon, while her little girl bears the first name of Lila. But in seven to eightthe companion of Mélissa Theuriau made a huge revelation by revealing the second and third adorable first names of his offspring. “Léon, Ali and Lila, Fatima, Brigitte. It’s the first name of my mother and my mother-in-law”he revealed before admitting that his daughter did not appreciate “let’s call her Lila, Fatima, Brigitte”.
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