Four months after his emergency hospitalization, comedian Jean-Marie Bigard came out of silence. In an interview given Thursday to the media “Sirènes” on YouTube, the 72-year-old artist spoke about his failing health, after having suffered three strokes.
In front of the camera, the comedian hides nothing from the after-effects which now affect his daily life, in particular serious balance problems. “One thing is certain, it is not going to get better and better,” he says, while specifying that he is “very correctly followed” by his wife, Lola Marois, and his children.
He talks about death
Despite the seriousness of his situation, Jean-Marie Bigard tries to play down the future with his youngest children aged 13 and 15. The subject of death is discussed regularly, and often with a laugh: “Be careful when you yell at me. When I am no longer here, I will no longer have any faults. Speaking about his end of life, he confides that his only ambition is for his public to remember him as a free man, who “says what he thinks”.
However, accepting this physical decline remains a painful ordeal for Bigard. Deprived of his usual reflexes and respondent, he confides his immense frustration in the face of this loss of autonomy. “I see, as if on an abacus, my decrepitude,” he admits, unable to follow the advice of his physiotherapist who encourages him to play sports.
