Solène Delinger 2:53 p.m., January 05, 2023

Invited to the microphone of Louise Aubery in the podcast "In Power", Gad Elmaleh returned to his conversion to Catholicism and his meeting with the Pope.

The comedian of 51 also revealed to have a "crush" for a famous journalist, officiating in particular on France Télévisions.

Gad Elmaleh explained that he shared a "real interest" in spirituality with this woman. 

Gad Elmaleh has been talked about a lot in recent weeks with the release of

Reste un peu

, an autobiographical film recounting his journey to the Catholic Church and baptism.

Invited on this occasion in the In Power

podcast

of the influencer Louise Aubery, the comedian of the Jewish faith returned to the reasons for his conversion and his significant meeting with Pope Francis. 

"A moment that will remain etched in my heart and my memory (…) I was very touched by this great, simple, humble and radiant man", had also written Gad Elmaleh on his Instagram account on December 23 to discuss his interview with the pope. 

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"It's kind of my media crush"

Faced with Louise Aubery, the comedian was also led to confide in the subject of an interview which particularly marked him during his promotional tour for 

Rest a little.

 Gad Elmaleh has thus revealed to keep a very good memory of his passage in the program

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"I saw while doing a little research on you, that she (Léa Salamé, editor's note) took you a little by surprise as she knows how to do so well when you went to her set two weeks ago" , Louise Aubery first reminded him.

"Me, I'm already destabilized, well not destabilized, but very seduced by intelligence, intelligence in men, women, children, it's something that captivates me", answers him first. humorist, before adding: "This woman, she is extremely brilliant, we also share, not a passion, but a real interest in spirituality, religions, so it was a bit of my media crush".

A statement that undoubtedly made the main interested party blush…