Passing through What’s Up Podcastcomedian Louis-José Houde revealed why we no longer see him in advertising campaigns.
Invited to Jerr Allain’s microphone, Louis-José Houde was asked to comment, in an extract from their interview published on YouTube, on who had encouraged him to no longer shoot commercials.
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Spokesperson for Loblaws at the start of his career, the man who formerly hosted Dollaraclip on Musique Plus indicated that he now felt a kind of discomfort at being recognized for his roles in advertising messages.
After admitting that “MAKING commercials was nice,” he noted that “after that, the problem was that they put it on the air.”
“I realized, after a certain time, that I was not comfortable being Mr. Grocery Store, let’s say, Mr. Loblaws… Being the face of a brand, which was not Quebecois, either,” said explained Houde who, for the first time in 19 years, will not host the ADISQ Gala next November.
Louis-José Houde then said that he had to do it to know that he didn’t like it, and that he has no problem with the fact that other comedians (like Martin Matte with Maxi) are capable of filming in pubs without feeling unwell.
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The entire podcast episode What’s Up Podcast by Jerr Allain with Louis-José Houde is already available for Patreon subscribers.
It will then be available for free to all, from October 23, on YouTube.
