After his gunshot wound on April 22, 2024 and a first speech on May 10, Kendji Girac spoke at length in a video posted on his Instagram account on June 26.
Wounded by gunshot on Monday April 22, 2024 in Biscarrosse, Kendji Girac spoke for the first time on May 10. Before doing it again in a video of more than four minutesbroadcast on his Instagram account, Wednesday June 26.
“I had developed bad habits”
The singer, who said to himself “so stressed and happy at the same time to address all of you”, seemed marked and moved following these last two months. After the care and work of justice, “it was close to my heart, since I’m betterto address you with my words, to tell you how much I really regret what happened.” Kendji Girac affirmed that he had “taken bad habits, I was entering a spiral that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. Despite the advice of those around me, I was not aware of it at all and unfortunately, I got lost.”
“I almost lost my life”
The artist thus returned to the events of April 22, recalling that he “almost lost his life, the love of my family, my audience, my friends. My daughter almost lost her father. I don’t know what happened.” Before assuring: “I want to go back to being the boy I was, that I am deep inside. The most important thing is to learn from your mistakes. We can always get back up, nothing is set in stone in life.”
And it’s up to the 27-year-old to acknowledge the support received. “There are a lot of people who love me, whether it’s my family, my wife, my daughter, my friends, my audience with whom I’m living a magnificent adventure, it’s been 10 years now. All of this is the center of my life, that’s why I want to ask for forgiveness, I want to apologize with those I have hurt, to whom I have caused pain. I never wanted that.”
A “second chance”
The one who will blow out his 28th candle on July 3, has shown that he is determined to turn the page. By talking about this “second chance. God gave it to me, it’s not for nothing. It’s to do even more beautiful things.” Kendji Girac promises: “all that is behind me. Today, I am immensely lucky, it is that I have your support, that of my family, my friends, my professional entourage.”
After having once again thanked his fans, his entourage but also “the investigators as well as the prosecutor of Mont-de-Marsan for not having drawn conclusions too quickly”, the artist believes that from now on, “it is up to me to show you who I am, to regain your trustbecause it takes action and I will do everything to live up to it now. Today, I am eager to come back to do what I love most in the world, which is sing with my guitarshare all this love with all of you.”
