Comedian Booder Reveals Childhood Health Struggles and Hospital Stay

Booder had health problems when he was young. As a child, he had left his native Morocco for France where he received treatment. In an exclusive excerpt from the show Une heure avec... which will be broadcast on Sunday, February 9th at noon on RFM, revealed by Gala, the comedian confesses to having been hospitalized at Necker for six years with "back and forth". He had had serious lung problems (severe asthma and bronchiolitis) just a few months after his birth in Morocco.

Today, he enjoys going back to this hospital to support in turn "the young patients who have a similar experience to his." "I too was a hospitalized child and life is beautiful, whatever happens. It does them a lot of good, but it does me a lot of good too," he said frankly. He says he is delighted to be able to bring a little smile to young people going through heavy trials due to health problems.

In February 2023, Booder drew inspiration from his own story by making the film "Le Grand Cirque", a comedy co-written with Gaelle Falzerana. The comedian plays the character of Momo, "an actor who has few professional proposals and agrees to become a volunteer clown to visit hospitalized children." Why make this film? "I wanted to tell this story because it’s true that the hospital is a place that scares everyone. I can understand that [...]. There are people who don’t even want to talk about it and unfortunately we will all go through the hospital, sooner or later," said Booder. This comedy is also a way for the comedian to "pay tribute to these clowns who come and make the children laugh voluntarily, but also to the hospital staff who give of their time" to help the young patients, often in addition to their busy workdays.