An affair that had a profound impact on him… At 53, Gad Elmaleh already has a great career behind him. If his shows Normal Life, L’autre c’est moi and Papa est en Haut were real successes, he also starred in numerous films which did well at the box office, such as Chouchou, Priceless, Coco, but also Happiness never comes alone. However, if everything seemed to be smiling on him, the comedian was at the heart of the controversy in 2017, when he was accused of having plagiarized several American comedians. At the time, it only spoke of inspiration. Sunday January 5, 2025, facing Laurent Delahousse, at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, on France 2, the father of Noé and Raphaël declared: “I had been accused of literally stealing jokes. I had reacted badly, and I I don’t think I would have reacted the same way today. It touched me so much, offended me…”, before conceding: “I was so upset, that instead, in. effect, to say: ‘Yes. I’m so inspired by the Americans… Yes, it’s true that 20 years ago, I took two or three jokes from the Americans, that’s not cool. ‘damn it, have you seen everything I’ve done on the side?’ I didn’t have this wisdom, this honesty, and even this humility in reality because I had pride. I said: ‘No, you don’t tell me that…’”.
In complete transparency, the one who had addiction problems added: “I locked myself in there, it only made things worse. (…)
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