Constance (comedian)

Constance
Born
Constance Pittard

(1985-08-03) August 3, 1985
Vieux-Moulin, France
EducationConservatoire de Lille
OccupationsActress
comedian
Years active2007–present
Websitehttps://www.constance-officiel.fr/

Constance Pittard, mainly known by the mononym Constance, (born on 3 August 1985[1][2][3][4][5] in Vieux-Moulin in the Oise departement) is a French actress and comedian.

Early life

Constance Pittard was born on 3 August 1985 in Vieux-Moulin, a village located near Cuise-la-Motte.[6] In 2003, after eight years of experience in amateur theatre groups in Picardy,[7] she entered the Conservatory of Lille, then joined the One Man Show School in Paris directed by William Pasquiet. She staged his first solo show entitled Je suis une princesse, bordel ! in 2007. She frequented café-theatres.[8]

Career

Constance joined the FIEALD animation team in 2007 then joined the entertainment show On n'demande qu'à en rire, on December 2, 2010, with an issue entitled A New Princess Arrives at Disney, then became a "resident" of the show on March 1, 2011[6] where she became known to the general public in France. Thanks to her roles as neurotic women oriented towards dark humor, with Jérémy Ferrari writing some of her numbers. After 51 appearances, Constance ended the experiment on March 28, 2012, by refusing to participate in the draft. She announced it on the radio Le Mouv' in the program La Morinade by explaining that what she wants to defend is no longer in line with the general atmosphere of the show and alludes in particular to her last number, given on Friday, March 23, with which she only collected 58points.[9][10][11] From 2011, Constance was part of the team of Pascal Forneri's documentaries devoted to French songs for the television France 3. In re-enactments, she played the silent role of an anonymous young woman in the 1960s in SLC Salut les copains.

New roles and chronicles

In April 2014, Constance appeared on the television channel Téva in the short program Constance ou la gueule de l'emploi.[12] From 31 August, she has a column in the show Par Jupiter ! on France Inter.[13] On August 28, 2018, she led a column name Parlons Balcon, Parlons Nichons (Let's Talk Balcony, Let's Talk Tits), related to her regret that breastfeeding women in public spaces is regularly a scandal. She denounced the moralizing puritans[14] and concluded her speech topless to illustrate her point.[15][16] This column caused a media frenzy. It has been viewed millions of times and Constance got many insults on social networks.[17] Constance participated as a columnist in the launch of the magazine Siné Madame in avril 2019.[18][19] From February 6, 2021, she appeared on the show On est en direct with a number in the section Les Petites Phrases de Constance. On March 24, 2025, she made her first appearance as a member in the show Les Grosses Têtes hosted by Laurent Ruquier on RTL.[20]

Burnout syndrome and depression, then a new show

At the end of 2021, Constance, who suffered from a burnout, suspended her tour and ceases all activity. She reappeared in November 2022 on France Inter where she talked about her difficult year and resumed her weekly columns. This return earned her many messages of support and thanks for having addressed with honesty a subject that affects millions of people.[21][22] On January 31, 2023, the actress announced on social networks that she had decided to withdraw from public life again.[23][24][25]

She then underwent a psychiatric course, during which she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.[26][27] From her experience of depression, suicidal thoughts,[28] and the world of psychiatry, she shoots with her co-author Pascal Duclermortier[26] a new show called InConstance, which she presented in 2024.[27][29] The show received significant media coverage. For Sandrine Blanchard in Le Monde, he is terribly movingly funny.[26] Aziliz Claquin, in La Croix l'hebdo, considers the ourageous and full of finesse, in the form of a confession.[30] In Télérama, Rossana Di Vincenzo found it both moving and hilarious.[29] Tiphaine Honnet, in Madame Figaro, described it as a theatrical UFO[31] and Nathalie Simon spoke in Le Figaro of a jubilant show.[32]

Controversies

Controversy over the Rwandan genocide

On April 7, 2020, in a column on France Inter entitled Confine-toi toi-même !, Constance declared on the subject of the genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda : Pillows or machetes, it is sometimes a matter of few words.[33][34] In reaction to these remarks, the lawyer Richard Gisagara, who is at the origin of the French law punishing genocide denial, declared in the newspaper Jeune Afrique : By comparing the genocide against the Tutsi to a friendly fight of duffel bags on France Inter, the comedian Constance Pittard perpetuates, 26 years after the tragedy, the ordinary racism that trivializes "the crime of crimes when it occurs on the African continent.[35] This incident having provoked many other reactions, the actress will make a public apology.[33]

Theatre

One Man Shows

  • 2008–2011 : Je suis une princesse, bordel !, at the Théâtre Le Bout (two years on the bill) then three years later at the Comedy of Paris Theater in Paris (six months on the bill)
  • 2012–2014 : Mothers Hide to Die, co-written with Jérémy Ferrari, at the Comedy of Paris Theater in Paris (13 months on the bill) and on a French-language tour in 2013 and 2014
  • 2015 : Sentimental Gangbang, at the Théâtre de la Comedy of Paris Theater in Paris from January 27, 2015, to the end of November 2015
  • 2016–2017: Gerbes d'amour, with Marie Reno, at the Festival d'Avignon 2016, at the Ten Hours Theater in Paris from octobre 2016– to the end of décembre 2016 and then on a French-language tour from January 2017
  • 2018–2021 : Pot pourri, at the Avignon Festival 2018 and then on tour throughout France from August 2018[36]
  • Since 2024 : InConstance co-written with Pascal Duclermortier, directed by Eric Chantelauze

References

  1. ↑ "Constance – Humoriste femme – l'âge, la date d'anniversaire, la taille de la célébrité". Age, anniversaire, taille des célébrités (in French). Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Constance : biographie, actus, photos et vidéos sur Voici.fr". www.voici.fr (in French). Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Constance – Biographie". www.ticketac.com. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Quel âge a Constance Pittard ? 40 Ans, née le 03-08-1985". www.age-des-celebrites.com. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Constance". Ciné Passion 34 (in French). August 3, 1985. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  6. 1 2 "L'humour de Constance Pittard triomphe sur France 2". Le Parisien (in French). January 22, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Blog mode Lifestyle – Constance". princesseconstance.fr. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Constance, ou le bonheur d'être inconstante". France Inter (in French). May 10, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  9. ↑ rédaction, la (March 30, 2012). "Constance abandonne On n'demande qu'à en rire (F2) – Télé-Loisirs". www.programme-tv.net (in French). Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  10. ↑ Grammatico, Anaïs (March 29, 2012). "Constance quitte On n'demande qu'à en rire". TV Magazine (in French). Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  11. ↑ "DPG Media Privacy Gate". myprivacy.dpgmedia.be. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  12. ↑ Montarou, Maël (April 22, 2014). "Constance ou la gueule de l'emploi : le programme très court mais très bon de Téva (VIDEO)". programme.tv. Archived from the original on November 5, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Constance Pittard biographie, news, photos, vidéos et avis". tv-programme.com (in French). August 3, 1985. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Parlons balcon, parlons nichons". France Inter (in French). August 28, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  15. ↑ "L'humoriste Constance se met seins nus en pleine chronique sur France Inter". 20 Minutes (in French). August 29, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  16. ↑ France Inter (August 28, 2018). Parlons balcon, parlons nichons – La chronique de Constance. Retrieved July 15, 2026 – via YouTube.
  17. ↑ "Après sa chronique seins nus, l'humoriste Constance victime d'une pluie d'insultes | TF1 Info". www.tf1info.fr (in French). September 2, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  18. ↑ "Catherine Sinet lance «Siné Madame», journal satirique 100% féminin". 20 Minutes (in French). April 17, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  19. ↑ ""Je dessine avec mon cerveau, pas avec mes nichons" : 11 femmes racontent leur engagement dans "Siné Madame"". lejdd.fr (in French). April 14, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  20. ↑ "VIDÉO – "Les Grosses Têtes" : l'humoriste Constance fait sa première !". RTL.fr (in French). March 24, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  21. ↑ mediateur (November 18, 2022). "La chronique de Constance : la dépression". La Médiatrice (in French). Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  22. ↑ Leclercq, Axel (December 1, 2022). "VIDÉO. Absente pendant un an, l'humoriste Constance évoque crûment sa grave dépression". POSITIVR (in French). Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  23. ↑ "Après une dépression l'an passé, l'humoriste Constance se retire de la vie publique pour raisons de santé". midilibre.fr (in French). Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  24. ↑ "L'humoriste Constance se met «en retrait de la vie publique»". lematin.ch (in French). February 1, 2023. ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  25. ↑ "L'humoriste de France Inter Constance se met « complètement en retrait » pour raisons de santé". Le HuffPost (in French). February 1, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  26. 1 2 3 Blanchard, Sandrine (September 19, 2024). "A la Comédie de Paris, l'humoriste Constance rejoue son parcours psychiatrique". Le Monde (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  27. 1 2 Plouviez, Grégory (October 13, 2024). "« Ce spectacle, c'est une résurrection » : Constance de retour sur scène, l'électrochoc comique de la rentrée". Le Parisien. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  28. ↑ "Constance, humoriste et bipolaire : "Pendant très longtemps, j'ai cru que c'était de la faiblesse" : épisode 2 du podcast Top 2024 : les 5 entretiens de Sonia Devillers". France Inter (in French). September 25, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  29. 1 2 "L'humoriste Constance : "Ce métier a failli me tuer, mais il m'a aussi sauvée"". www.telerama.fr (in French). September 27, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  30. ↑ La-Croix.com (December 15, 2024). "Humour : cinq seul(e)s en scène intimes et drôles". La Croix (in French). Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  31. ↑ Honnet, Tiphaine (October 24, 2024). "Constance, humoriste et bipolaire : «Les variations d'humeur me consumaient, je ne voyais plus l'intérêt de respirer»". Madame Figaro (in French). Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  32. ↑ Simon, Nathalie (October 29, 2025). "Constance, le rire au bout du tunnel". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  33. 1 2 mediateur (April 10, 2020). "La chronique de Constance, le 7 avril 2020". La Médiatrice (in French). Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  34. ↑ "Constance, le Rwanda et le virus de l'ignorance". Libération (in French). Archived from the original on September 10, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  35. ↑ "[Tribune] Génocide contre les Tutsi au Rwanda : ces racistes qui s'ignorent". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  36. ↑ Panouillet, Victoire (July 30, 2018). "Constance – "Pot Pourri"". Critique Humoristes (in French). Retrieved July 15, 2026.

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