Comedian Guillaume Bats, suffering from brittle bone disease, died at the age of 36 – Liberation

2023-06-02 09:27:47

Disability in everyday lifedossier

Comedian Guillaume Bats, a specialist in self-mockery, died on Thursday, his production company announced. The cause of death is not yet known.

He had made his handicap his strength, the fuel of his humour. Comedian Guillaume Bats, suffering from brittle bone disease, died at the age of 36 on Thursday, his production team Dark Smile Productions announced. on Facebook. “We don’t have the words but a huge emptiness is already present in our hearts”she writes with emotion.

“We do not yet know the cause of this tragic event”, she says. Before adding: “We thought it was important for him and for his memory that this didn’t happen first through the press.” From his real name Guillaume Batreau, Guillaume Bats became known in the show We only ask to laugh about it, presented by Laurent Ruquier, on France 2. Originally from Reims, this master of self-mockery also appeared in Can’t wait for Sunday or Hello Earthlings.

A rare self-mockery

During his career, Guillaume Bats has collaborated with big names in the industry such as Jérémy Ferrari, Anthony Kavanagh and Jean-Marie Bigard. Currently, he was on tour for his new show, Inshallah, co-written with Jérémy Ferrari. As soon as his death was announced, many paid tribute to him on social networks. Like Jean-Luc Lemoine who, on Twitter, writes: “Very sad to learn of the disappearance of Guillaume Bats who had a comic power and a rather rare self-mockery, and whom I always enjoyed meeting on the sets of comedians”.