Acclaimed actor in The Legends Office, uncompromising director to whom we owe, among others, Hate, and charismatic voice-over for documentaries – it’s his stamp that you hear in the thrilling historical series Apocalypse -, Mathieu Kassovitz (54 years old) is an unclassifiable French personality. It was to him that the team of the show had appealed Facing Baba for his first number with Eric Zemmour. Broadcast live this December 16, 2021 and presented by Cyril Hanouna, this show promises sparks, unfortunately, the one who hates the tongue of wood had to cancel his visit because he tested positive for Covid-19. In a 2017 interview, he showed how candid he could speak about all matters, even the most intimate.
In the magazine Love, sexuality: instructions for use, Mathieu Kassovitz had at length discussed the couple and his relations with women for the first issue of this journal, published four years ago. Thus, he had explored the notion of loyalty : “The pattern we have known for three thousand years no longer works. With my life experience, my two divorces, my three children, I know that. Before, we never went out of our village, we only knew one woman in our life and temptations were rare. Today, we move, we travel, it is very difficult not to meet other women, other men, other temptations. (…) JI don’t find loyalty to be a very interesting thing. (…) Locking yourself in fidelity prevents living things, vibrating, discovering new horizons and improving in your life as a man. Purely carnal infidelity should not cause pain because it is only an ego wound. The one that is psychological and that makes you fall in love yes, it is terribly painful for the other.“From his experience, he draws this remark:”The couple’s classic model, jealousy, the desire to own devours you. To understand that all of this is doomed to failure, you need two or three divorces, devastating failures. “
At the time of this interview, Mathieu Kassovitz was in a relationship with Aude Legastelois Bidé, an expert in Thai boxing and singer, as discreet as him. He is the father of three children: Carmen, actress and model, whose mother, Julie Mauduech, plays in his father’s first film Métis, and Ava and Max, whom he had with Aurore Lagache, actress and fashion figure.
Passionate about politics but sometimes too bloody, Mathieu Kassovitz is not one of the speakers who will have to debate with Eric Zemmour, presidential candidate, but was able to give him a eloquent video message, unveiled at the start of the show Facing Baba. Always refusing to use the language of wood, which had earned him criticism in the world of cinema, he will not remain unmoved in the face of the reactionary polemicist converted into a far-right politician.