Kad Merad stars in the film Christmas balls alongside Valérie Bonneton. In theaters since November 27, the actor is making the rounds in the media to promote it. On November 30, he was Isabelle Morizet’s guest on the show There is not only one life in life on Europe 1.
A show in which guests drop the mask and reveal the thousand facets of their personalities. Kad Merad therefore complied with the exercise, he spoke about his career, his life and in particular his father.
“A smiling man”
The host’s husbandDeal Done Julia Vignali, lost her father in 2021, Mohamed Merad died after a long fight against illness. At the microphone of Europe 1, Kad Merad returned to this moment when the two men saw each other for the last time and it was a moment of joy.
While his father is hospitalized, Kad Merad calls him by video. At this time, he is disguised as his character Patoche that he plays in the parody reality TV show, The Flame by Jonathan Cohen. “He bursts out laughing, he has a smile that lights up his face” comments Isabelle Morizet.
“It’s my whole life, that’s it. My father, I made him laugh all the time and it’s thanks to the fact that I made him laugh that he didn’t correct me too much compared to the other brothers and sisters. I have the last image of my father, he is a smiling man, he was about to leave a few hours later and he saw his son in Patoche, he laughed and it felt good” recalled Kad Merad, with a smile on his face.
Kad Merad talks about the end of year celebrations
This is not the first time that Kad Merad has opened up about his family. A few days later, with Télé Poche, he spoke about this Christmas holiday period. A difficult moment for him since the loss of his parents.
“Family Christmases made sense when I was younger. Now that I no longer have my parents, it no longer has the same flavor. And then, everyone’s personal stories mean that it’s no longer the same Christmas as before.” he explained. Kad Merad will still spend the holidays with family with Julia Vignali and certainly their respective children, each having a son from a previous union.
