In September 2022, the successful comedian Gilles Lellouche was the guest of the program Les Rencontres du Papotin, broadcast on France 2. A program during which non-professional journalists with autism spectrum disorder ask questions of celebrities present for the ‘occasion.

For its first issue, the program had invited Gilles Lellouche, star of several comedies including Les petits mouchoirs, Le Sens de la fête or even more recently the film Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Empire, directed by his friend Guillaume Canet. During his visit, the star was questioned about his private life and in particular about the disappearance of his father in 2009.

“I loved my dad a lot. On the other hand, not always, but sometimes life is good,” said the actor with emotion and added: “I was lucky to have my daughter just before the death of my dad (…) She was born six months before my dad left for heaven, and that my father was able to see my daughter was a great chance for me”.

Aged 13 today, her daughter Ava, from her relationship with actress Mélanie Doutey, has become the first fan of her famous dad. It is even thanks to her that he agreed to take on the role of Obélix on the big screen. “She said to me: ‘Wait, I didn’t quite understand, you’re not going to do Obélix? Dad, I don’t want to hear you talk about that, you’re going to do Obélix!’ She is 12 years old and she is the one who made me want “, he confided in C to you in 2022. This same year, Gilles Lellouche and his partner since 2015, Alizée Guinochet, became parents of a small boy named Jules.