Revealed to the general public in 2014, Kendji Girac participated in the third season of the show The Voice on TF1 that year. Praised by the public, the musician from the traveling community won the tele-hook of the first channel hands down, before achieving success with his first albums. Unfortunately, a tragic event occurred on the night of April 21 to 22, 2024. Present in a caravan located at a rest area near Biscarrosse, Kendji Girac accidentally shot himself in the chest when handling a weapon. Rushed to the nearest hospital, the musician was finally saved thanks to a surgical operation. He subsequently began a long period of convalescence alongside his loved ones.
This story was widely publicized, notably because of all the elements of the investigation revealed by the public prosecutor from Mont-de-Marsan during a press conference. Usually very discreet, Kendji Girac's companion, baptized Soraya, even had to grant a very rare interview to Parisian to support the father of her daughter. Tuesday January 21, 2025, it was the turn of the legend of French song Herbert Léonard to comment on this affair. “Kendji Girac, I really like what this guy does“, he first said against Jordan de Luxe on C8, before being extremely harsh with the former winner of The Voice. “More I can't understand who is as drunk as he was could fall into alcohol, cocaine, and on top of that, shoot himself in the lung. Explain to me why! I don't understand, I can't understand…“, declared Herbert Léonard in particular.
Herbert Léonard believes that Kendji Girac is “trying to make up for it by releasing a new record”
“This guy, he had everything to be happy, and he did everything he shouldn’t do. Personally, apart from cigarettes, I have had no other vice. For what ? Was he having problems with his wife to the point of putting a bullet in his chest? We can't put ourselves in his place. But it's a waste. It's a shame. Now he's trying to make up for it by releasing a new record. He would have done better to see the problem with his wife, rather than trying to apologize to his fans with a new record“, then added the musician. Herbert Léonard also returned to his own experience of fame. “I experienced this notoriety that he has, I did not fall into alcohol, cocaine, and I have never shot myself or anyone“, he concluded.
