Gad Elmaleh has defended himself on several occasions! Nearby Parisian already in September 2019, during a meeting with readers, he described the scandal as “very violent, very excessive and disproportionate“.”So, I was inspired by them. OK, agreed. What to do now Is there a confessional for comedians?, he continued. I wouldn’t do it again, but I don’t regret it because I’ve never been in a mischievous step.“
Then with RTL, Gad Elmaleh answered new questions about his plagiarism. “We took the time to be able to talk and understand what my inspirations were. Yes, watching these American comedians night and day, when the stand-up arrived, I got inspired, more than inspired. There are things that I took from them, he admitted. What happened was not pleasant. It was something that touched me. I want to talk about it, it’s part of my life. All my life it has been 100% me and there are plenty of inspirations that I never speak of that are so much more present from the minute thirty of American valves. We talked about Raymond Devos, Claude Nougaro … all that were inspirations. We can talk about painters or choreographers who inspired me.”
Gad Elmaleh will be on tour with the show Ailleurs from January 13 to April 30, 2022. He will take over the Palais des Sports in Paris from February 8 to 26.