Jarry Reveals Harrowing Kidnapping Ordeal as a Young Man,Confrontation Involved Father with Rifle
French humorist jarry recounted โa terrifying experience from his youth on theโ program Everyoneโข Wants to Take Their Place,revealing he was forcibly held captive by the father of a friend. The incident, initially presented as a potential fabrication for the show’s “true or โขfalse” format, proved to be a chillingly real event that left him fearing for his life.
the ordeal unfolded whenโ Jarry,โฃ then โ21, accompanied a heavily intoxicated 16-year-old friend home one evening. Upon arriving at the friend’s house aroundโค 1 a.m., Jarry was met by the friend’s father, who โwas also intoxicated. After informing the father he was simply โbringing his son home, Jarry was promptly confronted with hostility. “What โคdid you do to my son?“โค the father allegedly demanded before physically assaulting Jarry, grabbing him by the collar and locking him in a room.
Jarry โdescribed being trapped for approximately 30-40 minutes, without a mobile โphone, and deeply frightened. He recounted overhearing the friend’s mother attempting to reason with โher husband, fearing a โfurther escalation. “I hear her say that they โคsleep their son and that afterโ he โwill come โand put a root me. It โคwas hyperchaud,” Jarryโฃ stated, using โa Frenchโ expression to convey intense heat and stress.
Fortunately, the friend’s mother managedโข to unlock the room, allowingโ Jarry to escape.He then contacted โhis father, a hunter who was still alive at the time, andโข together they returned to the house. Jarry described a tense confrontation โwhere his father immediately brandished a rifle, causing โthe aggressor to quickly back down.”He said to me: ‘We go back.’ โฃWe came back, It was 2 am, โขmy father [pointed it with the rifle] the other he designed in 2โค secondsโฆ sometimesโ we want to help peopel and it can turn againstโค usโฆ” Jarry concluded, reflecting on the dangerous situation and the unexpected outcome.
