Skill Game (TF1) – Valérie Damidot: "i miss meeting people"

Singer Keen’V and Amandine Petit, you are one of the two judges of the night with Miss France 2021. How was it ?

Valerie Damidot: It was so funny to do! I found Keen’V, which I had been to Fort Boyard before and loved so much. Do not rush to guess what the discipline of candidates is, because there are pitfalls! We really got married. We’re here to have a good time, not like in Fort Boyard where we risk our lives! (laughs)

Don’t you have good memories of the castle?

One of both ! I’ve even participated a few times, I have to believe I like it! But after every visit I say I will never go back and sign again when I am called back! But this year, not strong for me, I am recovering from a gallbladder surgery.

Game of Talents often says “Wow! among the jury members. Did the same happen to you?

At the beginning, jurors always say to themselves: “It’s okay, it’s not that complicated!” Then they suddenly take their eyes off him. We didn’t escape the rule: tonight’s attendees are all breathtaking.

In this program, you defend the unity of CéKeDuBonheur. You’ve been with them for a long time…

Sixteen years! I joined Omar and Fred a year after the association was founded (Alexandre Alfonsi, former journalist of the Télé 7 jours, is the creator. Omar’s wife, Hélène Sy, has since replaced him as director, editor’s note). In nearly a hundred hospitals in France, we organize Christmas visits by personalities at the bedside of sick children. It wasn’t always easy with Covid, but for the kids we endured!

You’re still in charge of Plus Belles Vacances for season five. Where is your favorite place?

Island again! I go there every summer! I like this program because we try to find the best places according to the tastes and budgets of the candidates, whether they go as a couple or with friends…. What I want for the next season is to go to Spain, because it remains the first foreign holiday destination for the French and to go out on the field with the participants to visit more resorts.

Are you more of a woman on the court than on set?

Definitely ! I miss meeting the public and I think they miss me a little too. That’s why I put together a one-woman how: Valérie Damidot reveals herself. Stage, there is nothing better to get instant feedback on your work. I’m going on tour again for more than 70 dates in September.

In May, you published a comic book 36 15 Ma vie (Michel Lafon), in which your daughter Roxane is the illustrator. Why not turn these stories into fiction?

We both loved it, especially since we shot a few episodes together for the drama. Victory Bonnot, on the M6. But that’s another story… One day, maybe?

Interview with Adeline Quittot