Nawell Madani is on the rise! But that has not always been the case… The Belgian comedian, who told his career in comedy That’s all for me (2017), has been back since April 7, 2023 with So far, so good, a series designed for netflix. She is the creator, the main actress, the screenwriter, the producer and the director! Heavily criticized on the networks, this saga follows Fara, a journalist whose dream of presenting the newspaper of a non-stop news channel is slowed down when she helps her brother escape the police, putting her family in the line of fire. of a drug baron. At 39, Nawell Madani is one of the most recognized comedians of his generation and also a fulfilled wife close to her husband of 20 years, the handsome Djebril Didier Zong, 41-year-old model and actor. Together, they had the joy of welcoming little Lou Ezna Fatima Zonga, born in 2021, into their home.
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“Was the audience still there waiting for me?”
The one who tells on stage that Rihanna had views on her man, also exclaims: “My husband is a model and actor, I don’t give a shit. We are the same age, him and me, except that I am ten years older than him” had she launched on the stage of Marrakech du rire on July 19, 2022, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the festival broadcast on M6. And it is precisely from this very particular scene that Mouloud Achour, in his program Clickwanted to speak again with his guest. “In the Marrakech of laughter, for a moment you crack!”, he begins. And the Belgian to explain: “Yes, I cracked because I no longer knew where I was in my career. I said to myself: “but what do I still want to do? I missed it, but was the audience still there waiting for me? I was told: “Nawell, it’s over. There are little ones who have arrived. “Did we tell you that?” asks the journalist, astonished. “Yes. I said to myself: “Is that what they say about me? “For me, I had just started my career. So, I said OK, I’m going to come to Marrakech du rire. I prepared in three weeks.” She says before her husband intervenes: “I told him ” you’re crazy “ immediately taken up by Nawell: “He said to me, ‘Don’t do it! “. It’s a bit like our Olympic Games, you have to perform, moreover we tell you: “you’re one of the three best, of the two best…” really, you have to perform, after you get screwed by the public, there has like a catwalk. And I’m there saying to myself: “It’s been five years since I’ve played big venues like this”. That’s 3,000 people! Literally, you’re doing yourself on it!”.
Djebril revives the discussion: “It was a comeback so if you do it, you do it well.” And his wife to confirm: “Guys, they prepare for one or two years, they have their show. They select their hits. I said, “I do it if I feel it works”. So I do all the stand-up clubs, I play nine times a night. I ask Emilie to come and see me and she says: “But what are you afraid of? “… And I go on stage and when the audience stands up, I cry…”. A pretty confession full of emotion… and courage!
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