Guest in “A Sunday in the Country” this October 13, Nawell Madani shared a moving story. The Belgian comedian returned to her serious accident, which occurred when she was only 2 years old.
In the October 13 episode of the program “A Sunday in the Country” broadcast on France 2, Nawell Madani spoke of the serious accident she suffered when she was little: a third-degree burn. A drama which, despite everything, subsequently helped her a lot in life, as she confided to the presenter.
It was when Nawell Madani was 2 years old that the incident occurred. “I start dancing on the table and lose my balance. I catch myself on the fryer, it falls on me and I get a third-degree burn,” she confides with great emotion. The 44-year-old actress then says that her mother was miraculously present that day, she who was often absent. “Being a nurse, she immediately took the first steps. She emptied everything in the fridge to refresh the skin right away,” she continues.
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If Nawell Madani is out of the woods, the extent of the damage is not yet known: “At the beginning, we did not know to what extent I was affected. We didn’t know if I was even going to lose my sight because my whole face was burned. » Luckily, the young girl only had physical after-effects, notably significant hair loss.
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“This accident turned my life and that of my family upside down”
At the time, the young Belgian explained that what affected her the most were the repercussions on her family. This event shook up those around him, to the point where his parents even divorced some time later. In addition to this separation,companion of model Djebril Zonga reports: “I spent my childhood without hair with caps and bonnets and I didn’t have many friends…”
Nawell Madani describes having suffered mockery from his comrades for a very long time. “I didn’t have a normal hairstyle, as soon as there was movement you could see that I no longer had any hair […]. All activities for me were an ordeal, I had all the nicknames that could exist,” she says, with a smile on her lips.
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The rest of the family, however, remains united, whatever the cost: “My sisters had become my bodyguards, as soon as they saw me crying they went into fights.” Nawell, who carried out a series of operations, could count on the support of those close to him in what gradually became a real complex: “I said to myself: ‘Why me?’ I didn’t think I was beautiful. »
Nawell Madani saved by her passion: dance
It is by learning to live with her disability that the young adolescent creates a real sense of repartee. “In the playground I understood that lots of people had faults, you just had to poke where it hurt,” she laughs. Nawell Madani then talks about his lifelong passion, dance.
“I start dancing, watching my moves in the mirror […] I had a violence in me that I put into dancing,” she said before continuing: “I purposely practiced so that others would watch me.” It was at that moment that the mother of Louezna (3 years old) explained that she understood that it was a way for her to get back on her feet: “With dance, I understood that I could gain a place in society. . »
Nawell Madani’s story was reproduced in his first film “It’s all for me”, released in 2017. In this comedy, we can discover the life journey of the former member of the “Jamel Comedy Club”, played by herself under the name Lila. A film in which the screenwriter looks back on these moments of glory as well as her difficult trials.
