Gérard Jugnot facing an emotional burden: Michel Blanc’s fans are not making his life easy

Since October 3, has been living with the death of their lifelong friend, . following an anaphylactic shock, the actor left a great void in the hearts of his loved ones, including Christian Clavier, Marie-Anne Chazel and Thierry Lhermitte. But also who was the guest on RTL Midday this November 11, on RTL. The opportunity to evoke Michel Blanc, but above all the love he has received since his disappearance. Moments that are not always easy to manage, as he confided to our colleagues.

“I was extremely touched by this display of emotion on him, on us. I received tons… And then in the street, it’s always: ‘condolences’even though it wasn’t my family… But it was a real family“, noted Gérard Jugnot. But these moments of contemplation from fans are not always obvious for the actor of Pinot simple flic. Indeed, while he tries to turn the page, these reminders are not obvious every day. “So it’s a bit tiring… Not tiring but sad because as soon as we forget a little, there is someone… Last time I saw myself on shows and I was a bit grim. We must fight, that’s our credo“, he explained at the microphone of RTL.

This is not the first time that the actor talks about his missing friend. While talking about the latest film he stars in, We should have gone to Greecehe had already had words for his friend for over a month. “There is something that bothered me, it was that we talked a lot about Jean-Claude Dusse, who was really his creation. He wrote it, he designed it, he took responsibility for it, but he did lots of other things, much deeper… I don’t like the word profound because comedy is deep, except that there is a mask. Let’s say it’s a little more cultural. …and again, I don’t like those words”he declared.

Gérard Jugnot and Michel Blanc: were they still friends?

As for their relationship, he admitted that he no longer saw him much. “It’s difficult to talk about this because I I met him in fourth grade… We didn’t see each other much… We didn’t see each other much anymore because… We saw each other from time to time“, explained the actor. This did not prevent the friends from having a beautiful joint project: a future work. “This is very important. It was the last thing he participated in. It was Thierry who organized this for the benefit of medical research – ironically – and we all took out our old photosa little personal sometimes and everyone responded to their photos and it’s a pretty great book that I find very beautiful and which will be released at the end of November“, shared Gérard Jugnot.