Kendji Girac fans woke up with a big scare. Monday April 22, 2024, several media reported that the singer and coach of The Voice had been transported in critical condition to Bordeaux University Hospital. A little earlier in the morning, around 5:30 a.m., he was taken care of by firefighters after suffering a gunshot wound. A version quickly verified by investigators and the public prosecutor of Mont-de-Marsan, Olivier Janson. Thursday April 25, 2024, he gave a press conference to reveal a little more about the accident and affirmed that it was a “simulated suicide”For “scare your wife” who allegedly threatened to leave him after an argument.
Friday May 10, 2024, it was Kendji Girac who officially broke the silence since the accident through a message on his account Instagram. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his victory in The Voice, the interpreter of Color Gitano spoke of his gesture: “This date is forever engraved in my heart. I would have liked to give back a little of everything you gave me by being on stage today to celebrate this anniversary, but that is not possible and I am responsible for that. I apologized profusely to my family and my team who have supported me since day one. But I wanted, on this special day that changed my life, to apologize to all of you because I know all the pain and worry I may have caused you“, he writes first.
Kendji Girac: “I thank heaven for being alive”
Kendji Girac then takes the opportunity to thank his fans, always present in the good times, as well as in the more complicated moments. “I thank you for the unfailing love that you have given me for ten years now and that you have continued to give me since the tragedy. You give me so much strength. I am healing myself. I am resting to come back even stronger thanks to you and I want to leave this period of my life behind me. Today, I move forward and I will do everything to live up to your support and trust. I thank heaven that I’m alive. Thank you Lord. I love you”.