Adeline Lafouine
Questions & answers
Questions about Lafouine’s Swiss background, languages, writing and career.
Where was Adeline Lafouine born?
Her own biography gives Sumiswald, Switzerland.
What did she do before her public entertainment career?
She trained as an executive assistant and worked as a parliamentary committee secretary in Bern.
Was she a member of the Swiss Parliament?
Her role was administrative: she worked as a secretary, not as an elected parliamentarian.
Why is 2014 a turning point in her story?
Her private social-media activity became the subject of major media coverage, and she lost her parliamentary job.
What is her first language?
German. Her personal biography also lists French and English.
What is the title of her first memoir?
Fais-le bien et laisse dire, published by Tabou in 2020.
Does that memoir have a German edition?
Yes. Geh deinen Weg und lass die Leute reden is recorded as a Tabou publication from 2021.
Why did she write her memoir in French?
She explained that French felt closer to the experiences she was describing than her initial German manuscript.
What is Laisse dire, la suite commence?
It is a later memoir continuing the personal story after her first book.
What experience does she have with horses?
She describes herself as a rider and riding instructor who also practised equestrian vaulting.
Has she discussed her career in a podcast?
Yes. She is the guest in episode 28 of Kuss & Krise, discussing her story and career.
Does she work behind the camera as well?
Her author biography includes adult filmmaking alongside her public work as a performer and writer.