Virginie Hocq did not want to let sadness invade her when her father died in 2018. The comedian and her family also have a rather original habit in front of his grave.
Virginie Hocq, on promotion for the piece Pride and Prejudice which she adapted at the Théâtre Saint-Georges in Paris, was broadcast on RTL. The Belgian comedian was notably questioned about the death of her father, which occurred in 2018. She insisted on writing the last name of her father in a very precise way and today, she maintains funny habits in front of her grave, as she told the radio microphone.
Virginie Hocq: her funny tribute to her father… “We bring folding chairs“
The 49-year-old actress revealed that when he “had to choose the tombstone” from her father, she made a funny suggestion to the funeral home employee: “I told him: ‘On the other hand, I want the surname Hocq to be written in small letters with a big Q“. The comedian thus wanted to play down the drama of his father’s death and make people laugh.old ladies in cemeteries“.
“Go see my father’s grave, he has a huge Q“, she said. But that’s not all. To inject a dose of humor into the difficult context of death, Virginie Hocq and her family never go to the cemetery during All Saints’ Day but they put a point of honor to go there on March 11th.Because it gives ‘We laugh‘”, she explained to host Eric Dussart before specifying: “We bring folding chairs and have an aperitif there“. This is not trivial…
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Just after the death of his father, so that his last tribute reflects his father, the comedian even modified the condolence announcement to make it more comical. “There was this sentence: ‘I’m not far, on the other side of the street…’. And I added: ‘Take the roundabout, second on the left…‘”, said the one who was inspired by the death of her father to write her show Or almostin 2020.
The ceremony took place in the collegiate church of Nivelles, the town where the Belgian was born: “It’s a huge church, it’s amazing, my dad loved it“. Virginie Hocq not having wanted to face the “sadness of others“, she did not hesitate to push them to drink during the funeral! “They were drunk! Today, they often say to my mother-in-law: ‘It was a great party‘”, she concluded, delighted to have been able to bring a little lightness to these often heavy and difficult moments.
