It is time for recovery. The show broadcast on France 2 and launched by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakkache, thus begins its second season. The principle is simple: confront, without filter, young people with autism spectrum disorder of which the newspaper "Le Papotin" is composed. After Emmanuel Macron, Angèle, Thomas Pesquet or Virginie Efira, it is Jonathan Cohen's turn to lend himself to the game of question / answer of non-professional journalists.
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Jonathan Cohen demonstrates pedagogy without losing his legendary sense of humor. He shares his fears - skiing - his favorite actor Christian Bale, but also about his family. Father of two children - a boy and a girl - the creator of "The Flame" and "The Torch" shares his relationship with the family, and more particularly his relationship with his mother.
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"She really fought to lift me up. She was amazing, she never let go. It was a bit like a lioness. So I'm very, very grateful. She is an admirable woman, "says the man who grew up in Pantin, Seine Saint Denis, from his 5 to his 22 years. The child of a divorced parent, Jonathan Cohen is an only child. And for a long time, it was a source of suffering for him.
"A chosen family"
"I dreamed all my childhood of having brothers and sisters because when you're an only child, you're alone in your room, you're having fun on your own. You develop your imagination but hey it's loneliness, "admits the actor. He acknowledges, however, that it is for this reason that he has developed very fraternal friendships. "My friends are brothers, sisters so I built a chosen family."
"Now that I'm a little older ... I tell myself that it was the best thing I could live to be alone but you realize it much later, "says the 43-year-old philosophically. "Maybe I wouldn't have been the same guy if I had a brother or sister, maybe my life wouldn't have been the same, so there's no need to regret the past. I am fortunate to have a family of friends today of whom I am very happy and very proud."
Among this chosen family, the actress Leïla Bekthi. To honor this friendship, the group Percujam performs Le sens de la famille. A title that makes sense after the explanations of the actor. "You have given even more meaning to this text." Faced with this gift, Jonathan Cohen cannot hide his emotion.