Ahmed Sylla is a comedian and actor who has been in the spotlight for several years. It was in 2011 that he became known by participating in the show We just want to laugh about it. Today, he has a series of shows but also appearances on television and in the cinema. Very popular with viewers, Ahmed Sylla always has a big smile on his face and he does not hesitate to entertain his audience. However, it is another side that he wanted to show in the show A Sunday in the countryside, broadcast on Sunday January 7, 2024. The host of the program, Frédéric Lopez, is used to making his guests talk and Ahmed Sylla was no exception to the rule. The emotion was very present since it was the death of his dad, which occurred in 2017, that the comedian spoke about, in complete transparency. “I would have loved for my father to see what I had become. He left just as it was starting to work for me“, began Ahmed Sylla. If his career has taken a new turn, his father is not there to see it and it is something that the actor deeply regrets.
Ahmed Sylla: “It was too late”
Ahmed Sylla has many regrets about his father and in particular the fact that he never saw the success he is experiencing today. “He never saw my first film,” he lamented before adding: “The day we premiered L’Ascension in Nantes, he went into the hospital and never left“. A complicated step for Ahmed Sylla who also specifies that his father did not agree with his career choice. If he hoped to count on her support, that was not the case. “I would have liked him to see, becauseHe didn’t agree with me doing this job. For him, it was unthinkable and for him, I was going to act as a clown”, remembered the main person concerned, very moved by this confidence. Humor is part of Ahmed Sylla’s life and he decided to make it his profession. However, he never had the opportunity to show his father that his career choice was the one that suited him the most. “I had to fight to get him to accept it. When he finally agreed, it was too late“he concluded in a tone of humor, a characteristic very specific to the actor.