When we see Mélissa Theuriau and Jamel Debbouze on the red carpets or appear on social networks, it is impossible to imagine for a single second the couple separating. Yet this is what almost happened to them in 2008. Just married at the time, Mélissa Theuriau learns that she is pregnant with her first child. Wonderful news for the beautiful journalist, a little less for the comedian, caught off guard. Guest of Léa Salamé’s show on France Inter to promote the film New ToyJamel Debbouze confided in this rather complicated period of his married life.
Learning that he was going to have a baby and that his life was going to change, Jamel Debbouze could have made the worst decision: “When I learned that I was going to be a father, I almost took offhe confided on the airwaves before continuing. We are always afraid, we find ourselves faced with an immense responsibility and then we fantasize about it and then it overwhelms us. It may seem silly but when you find yourself facing this deadline, to become responsible…“
If he loves his children Léon, 13, and Lila, 11, more than anything, Jamel Debbouze would surely never have known them if he had been given the choice, he who was too attached to his freedom: “I didn’t like this period at all, I was really scared and questioned myself, maybe even too much. And it’s normal, we all face this, it’s a real responsibility to become an adult.” He who did not see his future with children immediately turned the tide.