“It was complicated”: after weighing 130 kilos, Jean-Pierre Castaldi talks about his weight

Monday, December 9, 2024, Jean-Pierre Castaldi was invited to the set of the show Chez Jordan, on C8. In complete transparency, the former host who passed the 130 kilo mark at one point in his life confided on his weight.

© C8 Jean-Pierre Castaldi on set from the show Chez Jordan.

IN BRIEF

• Jean-Pierre Castaldi, 80, spoke of his alcohol consumption and his weight problems on December 9, 2024 on C8.
• He reduced his alcohol consumption after experiencing negative effects and lost 29 kilos after gaining weight for a role.
• Jean-Pierre Castaldi remains cautious about his health, stressing the importance of not relying on positive medical tests.

À 80 years old, Jean-Pierre Castaldi has lost and gained weight on several occasions… While he held his alcohol well, he drank a lot for a long time. Monday, December 9, 2024, on the set of the show Chez Jordan, on C8, the former host declared: “A bottle of whiskey is an appetizer!&At one time, it was two a night, sometimes three. I was into alcohol, the others were into harder drinking. And they're not here anymore”. However, this one has considerably reduced his alcohol consumption a few years ago.

“When I got out of the elevator, in the corridor that took me back to my apartment at the time, I found that it was still rocking a lot, like a boat. It was the first time and from then on, I reduced the amount of alcohol“, he said to Jordan de Luxe. While he weighed up to 135 kilos, the latter added: “Çit was complicated for years”.

Jean-Pierre Castaldi: “Losing kilos at that time is complicated”

If today, Benjamin Castaldi's father has lost 29 kilos and feels better in his skin, the latter specified : “Everything was complicated because I didn't realize that I had gained weight to make this film, that I had passed sixty and that losing weight at that time is complicated. And especially that after that, I didn't film anymore. So there was the stress of not filming anymore, the questions, the questioning, there was everything that played a role”.

On Monday, June 6, 2022, in the same program, Jean-Pierre Castaldi explained that he had gained weight for a Claude Berry film, which he ultimately was unable to shoot. “It was Bérurier, because Gérard Depardieu had had an operation (on his heart, editor's note), he had lost a lot of weight so he couldn't play Bérurier anymore. So he hired me to play him, asking me to put on weight, because I wasn't fat enough. And it's since then that I've been having weight problems. Because I gained almost 29 kilos to play the role“, had he regretted.

Jean-Pierre Castaldi: “I walk around with 10 or 15 extra kilos”

While he had a hard time shedding his extra pounds, the former host had indicated in all honesty: “I lost 20 again, but it's since then that I've been walking around with 10 or 15 kilos too much. Now, it's a little bit better, but it depends on the period”.

Today, when he talks about his health, Jean-Pierre Castaldi prefers to remain cautious. “You know, I never say that anymore because my friend Patrice Laffont, I saw him two weeks before he died. He was leaving the hospital, he had done his tests, everything was fine. So we don't say anything. My tests are fine, obviously, but…”, he said on Monday, December 9, 2024.