Jamel Debbouze recounts the astonishing reaction of his family when he announced the name of his son: "Are you going to call him Leon every day ?!"

At 43, Jamel Debbouze is the father of two children aged 10 and 7. In an interview given to Seven to eight, the humorist confides on his role of father. "Nobody is ready to fall on little beings who look like you, who have the same morphological characters and especially the same mental mechanics." This is what is most troubling.he blows.

In December 2008, Jamel Debbouze and the journalist Mélissa Theuriau welcomed their first child. They decide to name him "Léon". "For my wife's sake, his grandfather's name is Leon, he was in a bad way when Leon came in. It came naturally"says the comedian. In an interview given to Seven to eighthe describes the astonishing reaction of his family when he told them that name.

"My mother shook her up and she said, 'Are you going to call him Leon every day ?!' I told him, 'Yes' My father said,' Leon is very beautiful, I personally will call him Ali, I do not care about your bullshit, many people thought I was betraying somehow who I was but who am I? I was born here "smiles Jamel.

"My son does not see that he is lucky"

Three years later, the couple welcomes his second child. The girl is named Lila and wears as 2nd and 3rd names, Fatima and Brigitte. "It's a way of telling them 'be proud, you are many inside'", justifies the humorist to the journalists of Sept to Eight.

Finally, Jamel Debbouze confides more widely on his role as a father and on the education given to his children. "My son does not see that he is lucky, he walks with his luck, he thinks there is luck everywhere around him, it's normal for him, he was born with that."he says. Before adding: "I want him to have the best jacket so he does not get cold, I want him to have the best socks".