Constance

Constance Pittard, mainly known by the mononym Constance, (born on in Vieux-Moulin in the Oise departement) is a French actress and comedian.

Early life Constance Pittard was born on in Vieux-Moulin, a village located near Cuise-la-Motte. In 2003, after eight years of experience in amateur theatre groups in Picardy, 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.

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 From 2011, Constance was part of the team of Pascal Forneri's documentaries devoted to French songs for the television . 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. From , she has a column in the show Par Jupiter ! on France Inter. 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 and concluded her speech topless to illustrate her point. This column caused a media frenzy. It has been viewed millions of times and Constance got many insults on social networks. Constance participated as a columnist in the launch of the magazine Siné Madame in avril 2019. 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.

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. On January 31, 2023, the actress announced on social networks that she had decided to withdraw from public life again.

She then underwent a psychiatric course, during which she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. From her experience of depression, suicidal thoughts, and the world of psychiatry, she shoots with her co-author Pascal Duclermortier The show received significant media coverage. For Sandrine Blanchard in Le Monde, he is . In Télérama, Rossana Di Vincenzo found it . and Nathalie Simon spoke in Le Figaro of a show.

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 : . 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 : . This incident having provoked many other reactions, the actress will make a public apology. Since 2024 : InConstance co-written with Pascal Duclermortier, directed by Eric Chantelauze