Dany Boon was the guest of the 50th of “Un dimance à la campagne” this November 24, 2024 broadcast on France 2. The opportunity for the actor to confide in his personal life.
Frédéric Lopez and his three guests – Kendji Girac, Virginie Grimaldi and Dany Boon – meet to celebrate the 50th episode of the show in the middle of the countryside.
No cake or candles, but sincere exchanges in the souvenir attic or around the table. It is Dany Boon, originally from the North, who opens the ball of confidences by recounting his childhood, marked by a certain precariousness despite appearances, reports TV Magazine.
“My mother became pregnant by my father when she was a minor. My grandparents gave her the choice: either she would go to a home for unmarried mothers, religious institutions, or she would go with my father and see herself banished of the family. She chose the second option.he explained.
“At the time, being pregnant underage was very frowned upon, and my father, of foreign origin, did not please my grandfather. So they disowned my mother”added the actor and director of Welcome to the Ch'tis.
No reconciliation with the rest of the family
The young parents finally found refuge thanks to a church, which lent them a tin cabin without water or electricity. “They had nothing”remembers Dany Boon. A cousin ends up alerting their ancestors by reminding them that their granddaughter “is pregnant and almost on the street”. Finally, the couple is housed in a family apartment, but without reconciliation with the rest of the family.
A significant event for Dany Boon was his uncle's wedding: “My mother absolutely wanted to attend, but her father let it be known that if they saw her, they would throw her out. So, dressed in Sunday best, we went to the exit of the town hall. We saw my family from there. across the street, but we couldn't join them. I saw my mother crying, and I didn't understand why we were excluded. That day, I vowed to make my mother happy and make her laugh. .”
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