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«It took me time to admit it, simply because I was not able to do it», said Moroccan stand-up comedian Gad Elmaleh, Monday, addressing plagiarism accusations.
Invited by French television program «Quotidien», Elmaleh reacted to CopyComic videos, in which he was accused of allegedly copying the routines and jokes of American comedians.
«I must admit that I was late at admitting it», he added. «It was hard because when you are slapped in front of a crowd, the first thing you want to do is know who slapped you», he explained. He then stressed that he does not want to harm «CopyComic», adding that «it was violent» and «inappropriate».
?«J’ai avoué tard, tout simplement parce que je n'étais pas capable»
— Quotidien (@Qofficiel) 14 octobre 2019
Gad Elmaleh revient sur l’affaire CopyComic dans #Quotidien ce soir pic.twitter.com/kB8QA09KV3
It is, obviously, not the first time that Gad Elmaleh reacts to the recent plagiarism accusations. In September, the Netflix comedian told French daily newspaper Le Parisien that he had borrowed before some jokes and routines from American comedians.
Gad Elmaleh said that he had a hard time managing all the plagiarism accusations that targeted him. «It was very violent and exaggerated (…) no one wants to be featured on the news as a person who steals», he argued.
For the record, on January 29, a YouTube video «revealed a slew of examples of comic routines by Elmaleh that show uncanny resemblance to jokes by other comics».
The video alleges that the Netflix comedian copied the routine of two American stand-up comedians, namely George Carlin and Steven Wright, and Canadian actors Patrick Huard and Martin Matte.
It is not the first time that Gad Elmaleh faces similar accusations. In October 2017, the same channel revealed in a video that several French comedians, including Gad Elmaleh, were overly inspired by their American counterparts.
