"I will never be a singer, I will always be the maroufleuse"

Valérie Damidot was the Fox in Mask Singer on TF1 -

• Saturday evening, for the third program of 

  Mask Singer

  , the Fox had to take off her mask: it was Valérie Damidot.

• The TV host loved the experience, aside from the choking sensation that the costume gave her.

• For

  20 Minutes

  , she returns to this new TV adventure.

She didn't just do an upholstery in

.

Until his elimination, Saturday night on TF1, Valérie Damidot, who was therefore hiding under the costume of the Fox, will have ensured the show.

Even though the TV host is known to love singing, it was not won at all.

Blame it on the claustrophobia from which Valérie Damidot has suffered since her adolescence and a plane crash.

“I hadn't anticipated at all that the costume was going to make me feel that way,” she explains.

For

, Valérie Damidot looks back on this experience of which she especially retains the fun side.

How did your loved ones react on Saturday night when you were discovered in the Vixen costume?

Most of my friends recognized me!

Everyone knows I sing all the time.

For years I broke people's feet in

singing nonstop… The reactions were lovely.

On social media, people were super cute, they recognized me right away.

I have a very recognizable voice and I knew I would get toast from the start.

My children recognized me from the first broadcast.

They weren't aware of your participation?

Well no, I was not allowed.

You have to play the game, otherwise it is useless.

That's what amused me the most: keeping the secret, the mystery… I really love this show for that.

What you loved less was suffering from claustrophobia because of the costume ...

Yes, it was terrible, really.

I hadn't anticipated that at all.

We really don't see anything in these masks and it is a beggar's heat!

At one point, I even wondered if I was going to be able to sing.

But the team was super considerate and kind.

The costume designers are so talented and kind.

Are you satisfied with your services?

Rather yes.

I had a good time.

I blew everyone away, that was the goal.

Does it make you want a career in song?

Ohlala, no.

I will never be a singer, I will always be a fan.

Finally, in people's minds.

It's like that, it's my image.

I am the sympathetic and dynamic girl who maroufles.

You might want to change your image ...

I already do a lot of things, I have my bullshit on YouTube, my tutorials ... The singers are already struggling to get by, we are not going to put TV hosts in their paws as well.

How did you choose the Vixen costume?

He was cute and then I like animals.

I also liked her rock side, which looks like me, and her girly side, which doesn't look like me at all.

Initially the costume had ankle boots with heels.

I said: "So that on the other hand, it's not going to be possible.

"

It seems that the shoot is quite long, with a lot of waiting without being able to speak.

You lived it well, you who like to talk?

Yes, I got on Netflix on my phone… It wasn't that hard!

And then, finally, we can discuss with a lot of people.

We have a reference person and there is the person in charge of the songs, the costume designers… And as we hear the other participants singing, we try to guess, it's funny.

Since this shooting, confinement has put the brakes on certain TV projects.

And yours ?

We shot the sets of

and

, but these programs, we also have to film them in people's homes and for the moment it's impossible.

We are like everyone else, we wait for it to pass ...

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