“Contrary to what Léa Salamé thinks…”: Gad Elmaleh tackles the journalist in C à vous (ZAPTV)

Gad Elmaleh was one of the guests of It’s up to you this Tuesday, July 2, 2024. The comedian came to present his brand new show, in which he notably discusses his new habits as a 53-year-old man. A specific question from Pierre Lescure made him think of a little slip-up by Léa Salamé…

Gad Elmaleh is back! The comedian delivers like never before through his show, soberly named Himself. On tour until 2025, the one who has (already) become a grandfather hopes that the public will be able to recognize themselves through his anecdotes about the passage of time. This Tuesday, July 2, 2024, he was already making the team laugh It’s up to you. Pierre Lescure then mentioned two big changes in the life of the actor: Gad Elmaleh stopped drinking and smoking.

He had already confided with emotion about his addiction to alcohol. A dark page of his life, now behind him. The journalist then asked him if it was still possible to make people laugh with “this ascetic life“. A qualification with which Gad Elmaleh does not agree. “Yes, we make people laugh with it! It’s not an ascetic life, on the contrary, I have a lot of joy without alcohol, a lot of joy! Besides, I go where there is joy”he insisted.

Gad Elmaleh says he is very happy with his “new life” away from alcohol

The discussion made him think of a particular scene that has been talked about on France 2. He referred to it with a little dig: “Contrary to what Léa Salamé thinks, whom I salute…” In fact, on the set of What a time!the journalist had created controversy by telling the actor Artus that he was became “shit” because he had stopped drinking. In addition to his little joke, Gad Elmaleh also wanted to qualify his remarks.

“It’s not just Léa who thinks that. I think it’s a cliché, that Everyone thinks that when you stop drinking, you stop having fun.we don’t do anything anymore. It’s not true! For me, it’s a new life that I love, and that allows me to be fully in energy, in joy. But I don’t criticize, I don’t judge.“said the man who now manages to bring up taboo subjects on stage. An important message to relay.