VIDEO – Invited on the set of “Buzz TV”, the artist of Marseille origin came to present her first book Don't call me Emmanuelle (Récamier editions) and spoke about his journey.
Adult film actress, model, presenter, singer… Clara Morgane real name Emmanuelle Munos, adds a new string to her bow with her new novel Don't call me Emmanuelle (Récamier editions). A logical continuation for the 43-year-old Marseillaise who declares having “always written”. Since she was little, the one her friends call « Emma » feels the need to express his emotions through writing: “to write is to be a little freer”confides the person concerned on the set of “Buzz TV” this Wednesday. A novel which nevertheless arrives late in the artist's busy career. “Writing was in my life, but I didn’t feel capable of writing a real book.”
It was ultimately during the confinement caused by the Covid-19 crisis that Clara Morgane found inspiration: “When you have time, magical things happen.” Deprived of stage and performances, she reconnects with « simple things in life » : gardening, cooking, reading. A period that leads him to ask himself a question: “Without Clara Morgane, who am I? “.
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A novel totally inspired by his life
In this novel totally inspired by her life, Clara Morgane only puts aside her stage persona. Its heroine is presented under the name of Romane. “It’s all true, I simply transposed. No story, no pain, no feeling is invented»she assures before adding: “I needed to talk about who’s behind it. »
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Clara Morgane mentions her first name in the civil registry, Emmanuelle, which earned her criticism and mockery at school, due to the erotic film of the same name released at the time. “I didn't understand why I was being sexualized so much.” completes the one who wants to keep this name for close friends: “Emmanuelle, I like to keep it for myself, it’s a bit like my secret garden. »
« I needed to go through this”
Clara Morgane on her time in the porn industry
The one who was destined to become a banker also looked back on her past in the pornographic industry. Catholic, Clara Morgane received a particularly austere religious education which encouraged her to evolve in a diametrically opposed environment. “While attending the sisters, I noticed that there was a real lack of joy, a real lack of love and (…) I fell away from religion,” she explains. “I needed to free myself. I had to invent my life and Clara Morgane allowed me to do it”she wants to emphasize.
Although her time in the porn industry only lasted a year, the actress' popularity exploded immediately. The main interested party explains it to “Buzz TV”: “I arrived at a good time when we perhaps needed a socially acceptable personality.” And added: “ I think I arrived with my naivety when I was 19, for me I was just playing with my boyfriend. “. Now in her 40s, Clara Morgane has completely come to terms with her past: «I have never regretted, it's my life, my journey. I may have shocked my family but I followed a path that was lit up in front of me and I had this feeling that I had to go through it.”
Candidate in numerous television shows such as “The Best Pastry Chef” or “Welcome to the Monastery”, the cabaret artist, who will perform at Bobino in Paris on February 26, 2025, reveals her best experience: « Dancing with the stars »: “They call me back tomorrow, I’m going back,” declares the one who participated in season 10 on the arm of Maxime Dereymez. The only show she still refuses? “Fort Boyard”. Clara Morgane, who is afraid of trials “in height”, could succumb to the demands of production on one condition. “My daughter begs me to do it (…) So if one day they do a mother-daughter special, then I say yes”.
