Member of Laurent Ruquier’s Big Heads on RTL, Jean-Marie-Bigard took advantage of his last appearance on the show to reveal on the air that he suffers from a new rather disabling health problem.
True living legend of the French comedy scene, Jean-Marie Bigard expresses today his comic talents on television, as well as on the radio. The actor recently joined the team of columnists for Cyril Hanouna in Touche pas à mon poste on C8. In parallel, Jean-Marie Bigard has recovered his place as a member of the Big Heads of Laurent Ruquier on RTL. It was precisely during this program that the comedian revealed on the air that he was suffering from a new rather disabling health problem. Actually, Jean-Marie Bigard has suffered total hearing loss in his right ear.
“I am deaf in one ear, I have a device that sends me the sound I receive on the left in the right ear. So much so that, when someone calls me, I don’t know where the sound is coming from…“, he launched on RTL. As always, the comic has played down the situation. “I sleep on the ear that hears, like that, nobody [m’embête] overnight !“, he added humorously. During his life, Jean-Marie Bigard was not spared by health concerns. The comedian was notably the victim of a stroke, due to the fatigue accumulated when he chained the shows on tour. “I had a stroke once, I was at the end of exhaustion, I was doing 200 dates a year… We were near Clermont-Ferrand, I told my team: ‘Tonight it’s not going to do it’…“, he had explained to Tele-Leisurebefore continuing.
Jean-Marie Bigard: “If I hadn’t become diabetic, I would have died!”
“They told me : ‘Ah as usual, it’s going to start again!’, and then I start playing, it’s really not right, and after 20 minutes, I look at my guy from the backstageand I said to myself: ‘He’s too far…’ so that I go hide and pass out… And there, BAM!“, had told the comedian. “I’ve been handling this sh*t as best I can, for 25 years. But I’m getting better and better. With diabetes, you are your own doctor, if you don’t care, you die. But now we have great tools! I haven’t scared myself so much with diabetes, I’m watching. But if I hadn’t become diabetic, I would have died already! […] I reassure everyone, I do not have a stroke every 5 minutes, contrary to what has been said!“, had finally concluded Jean-Marie Bigard.