Faced with mischievous and offbeat remarks, Gilles Lellouche confides without filter in “Les Rencontres du Papotin” on France 2

“I’m going to tell everything to Papotin”, swears Gilles Lellouche. Promise kept. Saturday evening, after the 8 p.m. news, France 2 inaugurated the first issue of his magazine “Les Rencontres du Papotin”. A new issue directly inspired by the annual newspaper The Papotin whose editorial staff is made up of young non-professional journalists with autism spectrum disorders.

In this interview shot before the summer, the guest actor confided in himself bluntly. From the withdrawal of his license, his tattoo in reference to the film The Godfather following a lost bet, his report to Cap Ferret “where he no longer especially likes to go”, going through his family, Gilles Lellouche did not filter his answers.

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Facing him, about thirty mischievous and sometimes incisive journalists who are members of the “Papotin” who, through their questions and remarks, frequently pushed the director of the Big Bath in emotion and hilarity.

” You are old “, a young woman immediately points out to him after he declared that he was fifty years old. Under the laughter of the group, the non-professional journalist asks him ” why “. With a touch of poetry, the actor replies that he does not have “succeeded in keeping time because it goes faster than him”.

One who considers himself a “big child who gets bored in front of adults” which he describes as “definitive” quickly appeared very emotional when a reporter asked him about his deceased father. “I think about him every day. I lost him over twelve years ago now”he says before thanking his interlocutor for his question because “the fact of answering it multiplies this thought and allows him to make it live in his heart and in his head”.

“Do you prefer me to Guillaume Canet or not?”

Usually modest about his family and this paternal mourning, Gilles Lellouche returned in more detail to this moment of his life. “It was a very painful course but sometimes life is good. I was lucky to have my daughter six months before my dad left. They were able to meet, a great chance for me”explains the father of a 12-year-old girl named Ava. “The balance of life”, he summarizes soberly.

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From tears of sadness to tears of joy, there is only one step. The jovial atmosphere caused by the group delighted the actor who did not hide his hilarity. One of his interlocutors even confessed “prefer Jean Dujardin”to which he replies “But do you prefer me to Guillaume Canet or not? “. The answer is yes.

For about thirty minutes, the one who was arrested by mistake under the name of “Gilbert Lellouche”shared with reporters from the Papotin his love for French cuisine, his ability to cheat when he loses at petanque or even the call for a double for nude scenes in films.

This very first issue of the magazine “Les Rencontres du Papotin” attracted more than 3 million viewers.