Kad Merad now lies on a farm that he renovated in Burgundy with his wife Julia Vignali. And his new life is very different from his daily life in the capital …
Kad Merad has chosen tranquility. He now resides in Burgundy with the host Julia Vignali, whom he married in 2022. Together, they flow happy days in a farm that they acquired and renovated a few years ago. And his life near Montceau-les-Mines, in Saône-et-Loire, is very different from the one he leads to Paris…
Kad Merad, happier in Burgundy than in Paris: “We feel that …”
Since he has lived in Burgundy, an hour twenty of the capital’s train, the actor has noticed that notoriety was easier to live in Paris. “”I live in the countryside and do my shopping. People are looking at you and say hello. There is real respect anyway in the countryside I find that there is not necessarily in Paris“, he said in an interview with the media We Time.
Kad Merad even considers that the mentality of the quidams is different in Burgundy. “”I’m sorry to tell you but in Paris it’s like there is almost jealousy when in provinces, we still feel that people respect you, they are happy that you are there, they say hello, they will not get drunk. You buy your Nutella jar, they will not take photos“Explained the 61 -year -old actor.
Kad Merad: Soon a retraining as an agriculturalist?
On the formerly abandoned farm where he now resides, the actor does not have time to get bored. “”I take care of the land with the help of local farmers“He had told TV star. Whoever spent part of his childhood in Balbigny, in the Loire, also nourishes the hope of embarking on sheep farming. “”I take my time because I find out a lot from real operators and real breeders before doing anything“, he had detailed in the show Aside.
If he is happy in Burgundy, Kad Merad was faced with legal concerns, however. In 2024, the actor and his wife filed a complaint against “A real estate agency in Montceau-les-Mines and an agency specializing in heritage restoration“, according to The Parisian. They would have suffered a prejudice of 1.5 million euros by buying this farm, according to Progress. A shadow on the board, but not enough to spoil his Burgundian dream.
