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Jan 11, 2025 at 4:50 p.m.
The story of Arnaud and Olympe looks like a fairy tale. Nationally recognized comedian, Arnaud Demanche decided to accompany and support Olympe, 17 years old, in his fight againstanorexia. A struggle that he himself led a few years ago.
Friday January 17 2025, the young woman will take the stage of the Zéphyr, Chateaugiron (Ille-et-Vilaine), where the comedian invited her to do her opening act. The culmination of a beautiful story, which Arnaud Demanche tells us.
A deal between Olympe and Arnaud Demanche
I was anorexic and I testified about my journey, begins the actor. Olympe, 17, who has suffered from severe anorexia for almost two years following a tragedy, saw this interview and wrote to me from the hospital to thank me last May. I too used humor to confront illness.
Out of school because of her illness, the young woman Bréal-sous-Montfort launched into humor on social networks. She presents sketches evoking her daily life under the pseudonym Olympeshow.
“I discovered his blog, and everything seemed obvious to me,” continues Arnaud Demanche. I found it very funny. We met andt I offered him a deal : if she gained 3 kg, like me, she would be the opening act for my show at the Zéphyr. For her, it was a question of survival. This gave him a boost; she gained weight, self-confidence, and found motivation to get through it. It’s a great reward. »
“It boosts my healing process”
Today, Olympe is doing better. She confides: “I was hospitalized twice, each time with a life-threatening prognosis. I was at risk of cardiac arrest, weighed 25 kg. These last few months have been very complicated. But I’m alive. »
-Humor represented a great breath of fresh air for her, and a vital escape.
I have always loved humor and it is through this that I get better. It boosts my healing process. Since I was little, I have dreamed of performing on stage, on the radio and being a journalist. I wrote the show about anorexia in a humorous way. It will last 20 minutes. I’m proud of myself, it’s a great revenge.
On Instagram, she aptly handles self-deprecation, evoking her reality with hindsight.
“I make videos, but I also give advice and do prevention. Arnaud Demanche is a real support, it’s an incredible chance to know him. It motivates me. We write and call each other often, we have become close friends. January 17 is a symbolic date, because I will go on stage for the first time and the next day, I will celebrate my 18th birthday! »
Arnaud Demanche, a jack-of-all-trades comedian spotted by Canal+
Comedian Arnaud Demanche has made a name for himself on the national scene. It all started for him in 2004 with a fake blog by Jacques Chirac.
While the web was in its infancy, Arnaud Demanche bought the domain names Jacques Chriac.com and fr and began to tell the story of the life of the head of state.
Bluffing the press who see a president “at the forefront of progress”, he still takes a week to be unmasked, but is spotted by Canal+.
TV and radio man
Arnaud Demanche was 22 when Karl Zéro hired him as an author for Vrai Journal, then as a columnist for the 2007 presidential election.
The same year, he created, with Frédéric Royer and Stéphane Rose, the Cérémonie des Gérard du Cinéma, where he served as author, director and host. The success allowed the trio to immediately launch the Gérard de la Télévision and the Gérard de la Politique, and the adventure would last until 2013.
From 2010 to July 2021, he was the author of Nicolas Canteloup’s “La revue de Pratique” on the Europe 1 morning show. After the takeover of Europe 1, he joined Yves Calvi’s morning show on RTL as an author, then RMC in 2022, as a comedian on the morning show Apolline Matin, broadcast on the airwaves and live on the RMC Story channel.
Since September 2018, he has been performing his one-man show, entitled “Faut qu’ontalk!” “. During confinement, he produced humorous news clips on his networks which met with real success.
As part of the Rire & Vilaine Festival, he will be at the Zéphyr on Friday January 17 at 8 p.m. A very special date for him and Olympe, invited to play her first part.
Sophie Magnaud (correspondent)
Practice: Friday January 17 at 8 p.m. Not recommended for children under 12 years old. Information: coeurdescene.fr and at the usual points of sale. Price 28 euros.
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