Jean-Marie Bigard is one of the favorite humorists of the French. At 66, he continues to seduce the public with each of his appearances with his legendary banter. If the husband of Lola Marois has a devastating humor, he is also known for his great generosity. Last year, he did not hesitate to pay the sum of 50,000 euros to a depressed farmer as he had revealed in the columns ofCurrent values. "I pay attention to others. And I am rich in what I give", he had explained to the magazine. And that's not all. A few months ago, he made a generous donation of 300,000 euros to help the son of his caretaker suffering from throat cancer. Thanks to the humorist, he is now in remission. "All my actions are returned to me every time. I am rich in what I give. I think and live like that, so you think well I am attentive. I know that behind each chair, each bush, in your bed, there’s God. So I’m paying attention, " said Jean-Marie Bigard on the Charles Mercier show, One night at the monastery on the KTO channel.
Jean-Marie Bigard wants to be of service
If the immense generosity of Jean-Marie Bigard is greeted by some, it sometimes annoys his loved ones. Thus, his wife Lola Marois had not hesitated to lecture him for his gift to the farmer. For his big brother, Jean-Pierre Bigard, current director of the Palais des Glaces, who worked for a long time with the humorist, this generosity was a source of conflict between them: "At home, it's almost a service drug." To the point of not knowing how to stop: "When I kept the accounts, we often got mad about it, he wanted to give it to everyone who needed it!", he revealed in a portrait devoted to the humorist, Sunday June 14, in The Parisian. In the meantime, Jean-Marie Bigard, as popular as he is controversial, casts doubt on his desire to run for president. A new way to help others!
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