Seven years since he left the stage. But time was too long and Dany Boon decided to find her first love. Indeed, the 59-year-old actor is back on stage with a brand new show entitled Clown is not a profession.
In this new project, Laurence Arné’s ex-companion addresses the challenges of making people laugh today, while exploring contemporary themes such as the absurdity of airport security. It also evokes our increasingly growing addiction to screens or the ravages of social networks.
Spectators will also be able to find different tributes to his mentor and inspiration from his youth, Raymond Devos. A new show that he agreed to discuss at Léa Salamé, in the 8 p.m. France 2 this Thursday, December 11, 2025.
Why did Dany Boon want to go back on stage?
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In the television news of the TwoDany Boon was able to return to the different themes that he will evoke in his show. But he also wanted to give the reason which pushed him to return to the stage. The 59-year-old actor revealed that his 12-year-old daughter was the instigator of this comeback. In addition, his desire to share with his audience and, above all, to interact directly with them, also motivated him to come back.
“These are rare moments because we are all now on the networks. With the telephone, we look at each other less and less. And the fact of finding ourselves in a theater and communing, communicating, laughing together, it’s a moment, a parenthesis which is magical and which is very important. Besides, it’s a show about the times”confides Dany Boon.
The opportunity for the latter to make a major revelation to the presenter of the news France 2. While some parents implement limited screen time, the actor imposed one himself: “the problem is that it offers extra quarters of an hour and I grant them to myself”.
The comedian uncomfortable with Léa Salamé after the broadcast of a sketch
After talking about his phone addictions like many people on the planet, Dany Boon was able to return to one of his sketches which should provoke a strong reaction. Especially since Léa Salamé broadcast an extract. It is from a sketch about airport security guards. In it, the 59-year-old actor points out the behavior of these agents who appear to be a little too authoritarian, according to him.
“I’m not going to take the plane anymore. It’s over”said Dany Boon after the broadcast of his sketch in the France 2 news, before continuing: “I’m a little scared the next time I find myself in front of security agents, if they see the sketch.” “Did they see him there?”asked the comedian all the same, hoping to be reassured by Léa Salamé. However, Raphaël Glucksmann’s companion only reinforced his guest’s concern: “There, they saw it, there. That’s it. It’s ruined.”
🗣️🤳 “Now we’re all on the phone. We buy a cell phone, but it’s the one that owns us. We don’t realize how much it eats us up”
After seven years of absence, Dany Boon found his audience on stage. #JT20h pic.twitter.com/S1XaGQMyqZ
— Le20h-France Télévisions (@le20hfrancetele) December 11, 2025
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