The relationship between Michel Fugain and Mimie Mathy has sometimes been complicated, especially at the beginning. For the record, the actress began her career alongside Michel Fugain in his troop the Big Bazar.
In an interview with RTLthe singer revealed that at the time, he did not couldn't stand it at all Mimie Mathy! He therefore returned to their complicated start to the relationship for a particular reason: he accused her of use his disability.
Before joining the cult series Joséphine, guardian angel on TF1, Mimie Mathy did his debut in the Big Bazaar in the late 70s. At the microphone of RTL, Michel Fugain confided that he did not immediately been friends with herthe singer did not appreciate his
behavior within his troop. He therefore pushed a virulent rant and admitted not having been too “pedagogue“: he couldn't stand Mimie Mathy using its small size to attract attention.
“Mimie, at one point, used her handicap to find a place within a group of friends, to exist.” he revealed. And this behavior greatly annoyed him: “I grabbed her and said, 'Come here. I need to talk to you! You don't have to worry about the fact that
you have some kind of disability! You're a big girl, if you don't live like a big girl, you'll always be a little girl. That's not how you become great in this profession!'”
How did Mimie Mathy react? While she could have taken it very badly, she obviously reacted quite positively, and she probably even thanked Michel Fugain for his rant. “She stopped immediately and was fine with it. because it should still be noted that Mimie's career is something very exceptional!”he assured.
Mimie Mathy therefore no longer used her handicap, dwarfism, to succeed. “He took the relay of my parents, Michel. He helped me tell myself that
I was different and that I should not make it a weakness, but a strength.” she explained, in 2001, on the set of Everyone is talking about it. During the marriage between the actress and the restaurateur Benoist
Gérard, Michel Fugain was also present at his side.
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