In the Jargon English of the the United States of America, one employs the term jumping the couch literally (" to jump the Settee ") to speak about the moment when a star affects his reputation or his popularity by making an act humiliating badly seen by the public, which can possibly make doubt its mental health. In France, one speaks rather about pétage of leads .

Origin of the term

Being in couple with Katie Holmes since 2006, Tom Cruise passes in the television program of Oprah Winfrey. Over-excited, he speaks about his love in connection with Holmes, dandling himself, kneeling, tightening the hands of Winfrey and leaping on the settee the arms in the air. The whole under the hilarity of the public. However, this service was regarded as the sign of a state of imbalance of the actor.

The expression is inspired by another American popular expression, Jumping the shark (" to jump over the Shark "), which indicates the moment when televised series drop notably in quality.

Examples

• Tom Cruise, like city above.
• Sinéad O' Connor, to have torn a photograph of the pope Jean-Paul II on television.
• Jean-Luc Delarue, for his control forces on a plane after having tried to swallow Raisin S.
• Britney Spears, to be itself suddenly made shave all its hair.
• Winona Ryder, to have stolen a fortune out of clothes and to have used the argument which it had made that to prepare for a film.
• Gerard Depardieu, to have said at the time of the ceremony of NRJ Ciné Awards 2005 is better than " the César S and others merdes" .
• Michael Jackson, for various incidents, of which that where it exhibé his son by a balcony.

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