Laura Laune looks back on the day she was told she had Asperger's autism in A Sunday in the Country

Guest of Frédéric Lopez in A Sunday in the countryside on France 2, Laura Laune returned to the announcement of her autism and how it had improved her understanding of herself.

A week beforeA Sunday in the countryside celebrates its 50th issue, Frédéric Lopez, its host and creator, welcomes the singer Dave, the journalist Julian Bugier and the comedian Laura Laune. For 48 hours the quartet retreats to a house in the heart of Île-de-France and each rereads their story and evokes the great moments of their history. Since its launch in October 2022, many personalities have spoken about their childhood wounds, their bumpy journeys, their big encounters or the key moments that changed the course of their existence. This Sunday, November 17, it was the comedian Laura Laune who returned to an event which was a trigger for better understanding her childhood.

“It's a diagnosis that helped me a lot“: Laura Laune discusses the consequences for her of her diagnosis in A Sunday in the countryside

At 38 years old, comedian Laura Laune was revealed in 2017 during the 12th season of France has incredible talentseason which she won. A few years later, after psychological tests that she took, she was told that she had Asperger's autism. “It's a diagnosis that helped me a lot” she said to Frédéric Lopez. She added “I understood why I blamed myself for not being able to do it“Indeed, the young woman did not understand why she failed where others seemed to succeed.”I said to myself: 'How bad I must be not to be able to do it'. It takes away your guilt” analyzes today the young Belgian produced by Jérémy Ferrari.

“I saw in this an opportunity to exist socially“: Laura Laune remembers the reasons that pushed her to do theater

If the general public today knows Laura Laune as a comedian, it was through acting that she knew, very early on, that she wanted to go on stage and make it her career. She discovered the theater before she was nine years old: “I saw this as an opportunity to exist socially. When I was in society I couldn't really be me. I built a very strong mask, difficult to break and art allowed me to be me 100%, it's like breathing” observes the one who handles black humor. Very early on, she knows that she wants to do this job: she adapted her personality to this material that she had in her hands. “I have a fairly negative view of the world, I find that the world is sad and so I needed to talk about these subjects. Making humor on these subjects was a way of being together” she understands while analyzing her journey.