Les Enfoirés: a star from the 80s denounces hypocrisy at all levels, “To go and show off…”

On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, Jeanne Mas gave an interview to Télé-Loisirs. Although she has never participated in the Enfoirés concert, the 66-year-old singer explained why she would never join the famous troupe.

EN SHORT

• In 1985, Coluche founded the Enfoirés to support the Restos du Cœur, with artists such as Michèle Laroque and Patrick Bruel.
• Jeanne Mas refuses to join the Enfoirés, preferring to help directly in food distribution centers.
• Discover why some artists choose not to participate in the Enfoirés despite their media success.

It was forty years ago… In 1985, Coluche created the Enfoirés troupeto sing for the benefit of the Restos du coeur. Over the years, many artists have joined it, such as Michèle Laroque, Patrick Bruel, Lorie, Patrick Fiori, Mimie Mathy, Amel Bent and Julien Clerc. Although the show is a hit with audiences every year, some singers have never participated and have no desire to.

Wednesday, February 5, 2025, it was then that she was asked about the possibility of joining the Enfoirés that Jeanne Mas declared to Télé-Loisirs: “No, I don't care at all because I think it's snobbery”. Cash, she explained : “Me, what I would like, frankly, is to be sent to a center to distribute food to people. That's what interests me, that's the real thing! Not to go and show off on a stage where, in the end, I'm pleasing myself or I'm going to pass for someone good”.

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Jeanne Mas: “I am not Mother Teresa, but… “

To conclude on the subject, the interpreter of the title En rouge et noir added : “So, tomorrow, I'm called to go sing, I'll say: 'No, send me to a center so I can be close to people'. I'm not Mother Teresa, but that's what interests me!“.

Tuesday, October 29, 2024, on Sud Radio, Patrick Sébastien, who participated in the Enfoirés concert in 1992, had assured that he would never repeat the experience. “I was there at the beginning with Michel (Colucci, Coluche's real name), I helped him at the beginning. I did the Enfoirés once, and then after the concert, someone came to see me and said: 'You're coming to the banquet afterwards ?'. I told him that I'm not coming to sing for hungry people and go to the banquet afterwards! I'm going to buy myself a restaurant nearby! There you go… And there are lots of guys who left the Enfoirés for ça”, he had assured.

Vianney: “I am proud to belong to this troupe”

In 2015, Vianney had assured that he felt uncomfortable with the show. For Metronews, he had indeed declared : “I support the Restos du coeur, but I wouldn't be comfortable in this show. I prefer to devote myself to the association Hiver solidaire, a patrol that helps the homeless in Paris. Every Sunday, I go to sleep with them. There are no cameras and it's very good as it is”, before adding: “I can't criticize the finality but a cause doesn't justify everything and anything”.

While he let himself convince, it is in story, on Instagram that the interpreter of Beau-papa had written on February 22, 2022: “The Jean-Jacques gang is rich with all these hard workers who work for the most deprived. Volunteers, musicians, organizers, technicians, singers, actors, athletes, donors. I am proud to belong to this troop”.

Jeanne Mas