Private life, salary, France has an Incredible Talent, origins, children… Everything you need to know about the comedian

Sugar Sammy stood out to the general public for his sharp criticism, as a juror on the show France has incredible Talent, on M6. The polyglot comedian is a real star in Canada. Here is everything you need to know about the accomplice of Marianne James, Hélène Ségara and Éric Antoine.

Why the nickname “Sugar Sammy”?

Sugar Sammy is obviously not his real name! The Canadian comedian was nicknamed this way by the girls he let into the parties he organized at university for free. His real name is Samir Khullar and he was born on February 29, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec. Of Indian origin, he studied in French-speaking schools and is also multilingual. He masters no less than four languages: English, French, Hindi and Punjabi.

Is Sugar Sammy in a relationship?

Sugar Sammy is in a relationship and madly in love with Nastassia Markiewick, a 31-year-old Toronto actress and model. Both made their relationship official on the red carpet of the Artis Gala in 2015. The lovebirds regularly appear together on social networks. But if the passion is still there, there is no question of them making it official in front of the mayor. “We love each other every day. We don't need a ceremony or a ring to prove it.” he confided in 2019 in Tele-Leisure.

Does Sugar Sammy have kids?

Sugar Sammy, however, dreams of becoming a father one day with his sweetheart. “I can't have a wife like that and not reproduce”, he joked in Tele-Leisure in 2019. And this desire became even stronger when he became an uncle. “My brother recently had a son and when I see the relationship that‘he has with him, I tell myself that it‘is exactly what I want to experience, too. It makes me want it even more‘have a child”, he said in the Quebec press.

Sugar Sammy, France's most cash juror, has incredible talent?

Sugar Sammy managed to make his place among the other personalities of the program thanks to these harsh criticisms and his frank speaking. This November 13, for example, a candidate from Saint-Étienne was in the casting. His performance did not convince the jury, but the Canadian comedian was particularly incisive. Once again.

“I wondered what happened and then I saw that you come from Saint-Etienne. So everything is explained“, he told her. Hélène Ségara defended the town by asking it what her colleague criticized this town for. “It's a hole“, he replied without hesitation. The people of Stéphane must have appreciated it.

How much does Sugar Sammy make?

At the time when Alex Goude presented the show (Editor's note, Karine Le Marchand is now the host), the host received €50,000 per season. “I have no idea what the jury was getting but (…) he touched much more than me”, he said in the show At Jordan de Luxe. Sugar Sammy's jurorship would therefore bring him a nice sum! Marianne James, however, declared to Purepeople in 2018 that she didn't earn that much…