Former steward at Air France, Jeanfi Janssens took his first steps on stage in 2014. Ten years after his first show, the comedian is back with Fell from the skyat the Grand Point-Virgule theater, in Paris. In full promotion of it, the member of Grosses Têtes was invited on the show We’re doing TV againon RTL, Saturday March 2, 2024. The opportunity to react to the accusations of domestic violence against his friend Stéphane Plaza, but also to discuss the management of his finances. “You have to be accompanied, you have to have someone who takes care of you. You are not credible if you are alone, an artist does not know how to sell himself. He will inevitably lower himself, he will hesitate… He You really need someone to be the interface, and I have people who do that for me, and it’s very good.”he assured. Having had money problems, Jeanfi Janssens opened his company and pays himself the same salary every month. “This way I don’t get lost”he clarified, before slipping: “I saw the life I had before, I tell myself that it’s not worth starting again”.
Jeanfi Janssens: “I find myself with a colossal debt of 90,000 euros”
Long before he was famous, the comedian had financial difficulties after his ex-partner scammed him. “I’m too kind, I’m too generous”he confided, before saying: “He opens a company in my name, I am co-borrower of everything. And three years later, he disappears with the cash register and I find myself with a colossal debt of 90,000 euros. It’s money !”. So, Jeanfi Janssens found himself banned from banking. “It’s complicated… I had a villa with a swimming pool, it was sold by candlelight. I found myself in an apartment of 10 m2“, he recalled. A few years later, he was able to count on the support of Stéphane Plaza. June 17, 2022 is for TV Mag that Jeanfi Janssens had declared: “I was looking for an apartment in Paris. He found me something great, but I couldn’t finance it because I was starting my career as an artist. We stayed in touch and he always pushed me not to not let go. I almost quit everything at one point and I hadn’t paid my rent for a year. Stéphane told me: ‘You keep going, we don’t care! I’ll pay you your rent’“. Since then, the two friends have supported each other through and through.