Jamel Debbouze was the guest of It’s up to you on France 5 this October 13, 2022, at the time of the promotion of comedy The New Toy, remake of the cult work by Francis Veber with Pierre Richard. After answering the team’s questions about this new feature film with Daniel Auteuil and the young Simon Faliu, the actor, producer and humorist had the pleasure of being seated next to Didier Drogba. This football enthusiast had the opportunity to declare all his admiration for the Ivorian international who will present the next Golden Ball ceremony, but he also faced a terribly embarrassing question from the host of the ’emission…
While everyone can see the beautiful trophy that will be awarded to a great figure in football on October 17, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine wants to bounce back on the subject by asking if the trophy on the table is the real one. Didier Drogba explains that price weighs 12 kilos and that’s when the presenter asks the laughing star: “Can you lift it to see Jamel?” To which, the comic retorts, cash: “Why are you humiliating me like that?“The journalist has totally forgotten the handicap the artist has suffered from since his youth, his accident which prevents him from using one of his hands… Smiling more than embarrassed, she tries to get out of it: “Ah sorry, shit excuse me… Yes, I suck…“Mélissa Theuriau’s husband then carries with one hand the trophy which was put in his arms with the help of the footballer, then launches not without self-mockery:”It’s teamwork.“
For years I hid my arm
For years, Jamel Debbouze fans have wondered why their idol constantly hid his right arm and had his hand in his pocket. This arm, caught by a train while young Jamel was on a platform at Trappes station. From now on, the father of Lila and Léon assumes it as he explained in the pages of Madame Figaro : “In life, we have all experienced more or less difficult things: either we put them in our pocket, or we take them out and face them. For years, I hid my arm so as not to interfere with myself or others. And then my wife or my children would take that arm and pull it out, he says. They were right: we must not deny things, we must put words on them.“