Life, she decided to bite into it! In 2019, Clémentine Célarié learned that she was suffering from colon cancer and had to be operated on urgently. Since then, she refuses to waste a single second. She resumed touring her single in stage, titled A life, which she will play until the end of May 2022, including some on Sundays. She also put down, on paper, her battle against the disease in the book Forbidden Wordspublished by Albin Michel, and is working on a screenplay to adapt it to the screen.
As if you had to distance yourself from others, from life
Clearly, Clémentine Célarié is overflowing with energy. In the columns of JDDthe Sunday newspapershe describes herself as “more than healed, seasoned, more alive and more excited“. And above all, don’t talk to her about remission, a word she hates, which she finds “hideous and useless“: “It confines you to a box, as if you had to distance yourself from others, from life.“The main thing is that she is fine. And inevitably, the fact of immersing her head in work is of great help to her.
“Being on stage can only help heal, growadds the 64-year-old actress. Overcoming something bigger than yourself is how you chase away shit and bad energy.“Of course, Clémentine Célarié would do well to work every Sunday. Whenever she has the opportunity, she takes the train to visit her mother, who is suffering since the recent disappearance of her father. Together, they change their minds, enjoy each other, listen to audio books. After all, the end of the week has always been essential for the mother of Abraham, Balthazar, Gustave, and grandmother of a little girl . “The Sunday meal has long been super importantshe concludes. Cell phones are prohibited and we do not leave the table like that. I was a strict mom for that...”
Find the full interview with Clémentine Célarié in the JDD, the Sunday newspaperof April 3, 2022.