Tuesday evening, Vincent Lindon and Gad Elmaleh were both guests on the show “Quotidien” to promote their respective artistic projects. The actor and the comedian, who already knew each other, sent each other several barbs, triggering great discomfort on the set.
Very embarrassing sequence Tuesday evening in Daily. Invited on the set of Yann Barthès' show to promote their artistic projects, Vincent Lindon and Gad Elmaleh first threw several harmless jokes at each other before their exchanges became less and less cordial, and even very tense.
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Gad Elmaleh interrupted several times by Vincent Lindon
The tone is set as soon as Gad Elmaleh arrives on set. While the comedian recounts having failed the conservatory, Vincent Lindon replies: “It always feels chic when you're a big star to say that you missed something. Can you imagine the talent I have? You made it through I know it well.” Gad Elmaleh, who came to talk about his new show Himself, doesn't take offense and laughs with the actor. “It’s incredible. It’s true that it looks quite chic. It’s false humility. I didn’t succeed but you see the journey I have!”, he replies. But the atmosphere deteriorates quickly.
Asked by Yann Barthès about his New Year's wishes, Vincent Lindon explains that he responds to everyone with personalized messages, which takes him a lot of time. “At the same time he is an actor, he has time!”, says Gad Elmaleh. Stung, Vincent Lindon does not react but interrupts the comedian several times during the rest of his interview. “Vincent, there was the interview for the film, now it’s my show,” Gad Elmaleh told him. Cold on set. Despite this remark, Vincent Lindon speaks again while the comedian seriously answers a question from Yann Barthès on the evolution of his profession. “I think we are evolving, yes. We are all evolving,” laughs the actor. Annoyed, Gad Elmaleh laughs and retorts: “Wait, I'm going to finish. Can we remind you of the release date of his film? Vincent Lindon's film comes out on the 22nd, I advise you to go see it.”
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Vincent Lindon's apology
Yann Barthès then launches a game called “Who said what?”. “Who said: 'If I crossed paths, I would get extremely exasperated'”, asks the presenter to his guests. Vincent Lindon responds straight away: “That's me. This evening, for example, I'm getting exasperated. I changed my mood a minute ago and it's good for me. It's not my job to make people laugh and that's okay. was going well and I made a little mistake, I apologize,” declares the actor, turning to Gad Elmaleh.
“It was ridiculous all of a sudden to say well you know we're evolving. He blew my nose. And all of a sudden, it wasn't visible, but the feet were like that in the shoes “, explains Vincent Lindon, miming his feet curled up in his shoes. “I said to myself I have to catch up, I have to catch up, and I am happy before I have cramps that the sentence that concerns me comes quickly!”, he adds. “Everything is fine,” reassures Yann Barthès. “I hate myself because I hate being smart. So he crossed paths with me, I perhaps exasperated him a little but in any case I just got extremely exasperated,” concludes Vincent Lindon, provoking the laughter from the columnists and Gad Elmaleh. Fault admitted half forgiven?
