Malik Bentalha is back! The comedian returns with “New World”, his latest show in which he takes stock of the last four years, his failures, his choice to move away from the artistic world and many other subjects. Last June, invited on the set of Dailyhe notably confided in his depression. “I've been through difficult times. As I told you, there have been ups and downs over the last four years. It's important for me to raise awareness among young people, especially the new generation about these diseases , because for me, it's an illness”, he had first explained.
Malik Bentalha without taboo on depression
And to resume: “We tend to believe that an illness must be seen, that we must bleed, have pain… Today, young people are exposed to social networks, to school bullying. For me, it is necessary. They must realize that talking to someone, accepting an outstretched hand, is important, talking to a psychologist, if we need to get help to get better.” In a new interview given to our colleagues at Parisianthe comedian spoke a little more on this taboo subject. “It’s something pernicious, vicious, we are in denial. Today, with social networks, the advent of Instagram, we are forbidden from going bad”he confided with sadness.
“I was sabotaging myself.”
The artist who decided to raise awareness on the subject added: “I locked myself away at every level, I stayed at home looking at the cell phone, eating, I let myself sink, I gained weight. And then there was this film that I really wanted to shoot. costume fittings, I started lying about my size I was sabotaging myself Three weeks into filming, I told the director that I couldn't do the film, that I couldn't. wouldn't be able to look at myself the screen. It was no longer possible…“.
Malik Bentalha then realized that he had reached a stage of no return. “Either I locked myself in my den, or I decided to get up to come back stronger”he remembered. And to continue: “It was in April 2023. I started my first sports session. After 10 minutes at 5 km/h, I hurt everywhere. But I continued step by step”. Proud of the progress he has made and of having managed to get back up, he concluded: “If someone had told me five years ago that I would go back on stage and talk about the separation of my parents, about my depression, about my love story that ended, about the fact that I am going to see a psychologist… I would have said to you 'Never in my life!'. Before, I didn’t even say that I live in Paris!”.
