Michel Gerard
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Michel Gerard is a fictional character on the television series Gilmore Girls, played by Yanic Truesdale.
Michel is a native of France who attended the École Hôtelière de Genève, one of the finest hospitality schools in the world. He worked as the concierge at the Independence Inn with Lorelai and Sookie, and followed them to the Dragonfly when it opened. He is extremely style- and diet-conscious; he cut out carbohydrates completely and lives on a calorie-restricted diet.
- Michel: A group of scientists did a study on rats where they cut their daily calories by thirty percent.
- Sookie: And you felt left out?
- Michel: No, the rats lived thirty percent longer. And the scientists were so impressed that they cut their own calories just like the rats.
- Sookie: That was a very nice display of solidarity.
- Michel: I have decided to do the same. I figure if I stay alive long enough, these scientists, they will be able to cure anything including death, therefore ensuring my indefinite existence.
- Sookie: So you're gonna live forever, like on Fame?
- Michel: Don't speak to me.
- —Season 2, Ep. 1 "Sadie, Sadie"
Michel adopted a pair of Chows, Paw-Paw and Chin-Chin, whom he treats like his children, he is very close to his mother Gisele (Janet Hubert-Whitten), and he is a Celine Dion fan. In an episode of the 7th season Paw-Paw passed away, prompting Michel to have a full-blown funeral for his beloved pet.
He is snobby and curt, but can be witty and kind to his friends. He values his partnership with Lorelai and Sookie, so much that he pitched a fit in season 4, concerned that they would not hire him to work at the Dragonfly. On occasion, he has been mistaken as being Canadian by hotel guests, a mistake he finds highly offensive (an in-joke referencing the fact that the actor who plays him is Canadian).
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Lorelai Gilmore | Rory Gilmore | Luke Danes | Christopher Hayden | Sookie St. James | Lane Kim | Paris Geller | Jess Mariano | Logan Huntzberger | Kirk Gleason | Emily Gilmore | Richard Gilmore |
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Jackson Belleville | Taylor Doose | Dean Forester | Michel Gerard | Jason Stiles | Max Medina | Trix Gilmore | Mrs. Kim |
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