Dany Turcotte was surprised by the reaction of Guy A. Lepage and the team of Everyone is talking about it faced with the revelations in his book D. Turcotte & fils.
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“I didn’t think it was that serious, what I had written. I thought they would understand my discomfort,” declared the former jester to Isabelle Maréchal in an interview on QUB radio at 99.5 FM Montreal.
The former royal jester expresses, in his book, his setbacks and the context of his departure from the show which he left in turmoil in 2021.
He was invited to the show Everyone is talking about it Sunday to talk about his autobiographical book.
The atmosphere became tense when Guy A. Lepage expressed his astonishment at certain passages critical of the show.
However, the comedian claims to have warned the host of the potentially controversial content of his book before being invited to the show.
“I told Guy, when we had supper […]. I said, “You’re going to read it.” I said, “If you like it, you invite me. If you don’t like it, you don’t invite me,” said the comedian.
Expressed discomfort
Turcotte explains that he simply wanted to share his experience. “If I don’t express it in my book, where am I going to express it?” he said.
In his work, the comedian notably evokes the feeling of being “sent to the slaughterhouse” with his famous cards.
“My role was to disturb, to kick things up a bit,” he explained.
A laughing family
Beyond the controversy, Turcotte talks at length about his family in his book. “We are a family that laughs a lot,” he confided.
The comedian recounts with emotion his childhood marked by his father’s alcoholism. “There was a lot of carelessness. We knew he was having a drink, but we didn’t say anything about his illness either,” he remembers.
Despite the difficulties, Turcotte keeps a tender view of his father. “He’s a man I adore,” he says.
D. Turcotte & fils will be in bookstores from Thursday October 10.
* This text, generated with the help of artificial intelligence, was reviewed and validated by our team based on an interview carried out at QUB.
